title: david fahrenthold strikes exposing donald trumps false philanthropy
text: politics us actor robert de niro photo by afp 
  hollywood actor robert de niro who had criticized americans for putting an idiot like donald trump in a position where he might become the us president now says he respects him because he is the presidentelect of the united states 
  before the november  presidential election de niro had been enlisted along with several other actors to speak in a nonpartisan video encouraging americans to vote in but the yearold actor defied script and delivered a scathing rebuke of trump 
  hes so blatantly stupid hes a punk hes a dog hes a pig  a mutt who  doesnt do his homework doesnt care hes an idiot colin powell said it best hes a national disaster hes an embarrassment to this country the raging bull actor said 
  it makes me so angry that this country has gotten to this point that this fool this bozo has wound up where he has he stated 
  he talks how he wants to punch people in the face well id like to punch him in the face de niro said 
  but after the republican presidential nominee was declared the th presidentelect on wednesday de niro clarified that he would no longer like to punch trump because the man was elected to the highest seat in political office 
  the veteran actor however told jimmy kimmel on his latenight show on abc news that he is not feeling good after trumps victory which caused protests and student walkouts across the country 
  protesters on wednesday slammed trumps divisive campaign rhetoric against immigrants refugees muslims and ethnic minorities 
  de niro said he has to respect trump because of his new position  which means no punching 
  are you still going to punch donald trump in the face kimmel asked the actor because you could now get arrested for that i think 
  i cant do that now hes the president replied de niro and i have to respect that position although we all know what he we have to see what hes gonna do and how hes really gonna follow through on certain things as we can see now in a lot of cities a lot of people are getting very upset and protesting 
  many renowned figures including some heads of states and other highranking officials had publicly denounced trump  some even used abusive language against him  in the runup to the november  presidential election but several of them have now softened their stance and some even sent messages of congratulations to the presidentelect loading