Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: ‘This isn’t just America’s problem’

Accepting honorary Palme d'Or at opening ceremony of festival, actor rails against the US's philistine president'

The actor Robert De Niro has - after a brief period of abstention - returned to his robust public critique of Donald Trump, using his Palme d'Or acceptance speech at the Cannes film festival to newly attack the US president.

Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 78th film festival in France, De Niro said that the US's re-elected commander-in-chief posed a global threat.