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Actor Robert De Niro lashed out at Pres­i­dent Trump and his sup­port­ers Mon­day night, say­ing the pres­i­dent used the “same play­book” as Adolf Hitler and is “con­found­ed” by Amer­i­cans who vot­ed for the pres­i­den­t’s reelection.

“It’s the same play­book as Mus­soli­ni, as Hitler, as wannabe dic­ta­tors,” De Niro told MSNBC’s Ari Mel­ber Mon­day night. “It’s what they’re going to do for the peo­ple, make Ger­many great again, make Italy great again, make Amer­i­ca great again. It’s all appeal­ing to the worst prej­u­dices, the worst weak­ness­es of the pub­lic, and instead of lead­ing them and guid­ing them and being some­one that they can look up to. And when the pub­lic is not right, you have to be there to do the right thing, to set an exam­ple for them. And if you don’t, then we’re going to be where we are today.”