Robert De Niro is putting himself squarely in the path of Donald Trump's enraged supporters, who have called him every epithet in the book. 

But, he has responded with a barrage of expletives. In a way, the performer was Daniel in the lions' cave. When De Niro confronted the enraged MAGA mob in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, they yelled "F*** you" and referred to him as a traitor to Italy, Jews, and America. 

Robert's mother was mentioned in more profanities. Robert De Niro is putting himself squarely in the path of the enraged followers of Donald Trump...When Niro confronted the enraged MAGA crowd, they yelled "F*** you" and referred to him as a traitor to Italy, the Jewish people, and America.

While he moved through the crowd, he was encircled by security personnel. Nevertheless, he did pause once to respond, saying, "We're trying to be gentlemen in this world, the Democrats." You guys are gangsters! 

F*ck off to you!" What makes De Niro—possibly the nation's most vocal opponent of Trump—decide to stand in front of the raucous mob outside the courtroom hosting the former president's hush money trial? Well, he's there as the president-elect's representative.