Robert De Niro sticks the boot into Donald Trump after he was convicted of 34 felonies - but admits concern for his safety from rabid fans of his ex-president nemesis

Robert De Niro has celebrated his archenemy Donald Trump being convicted of 34 felonies after trading insults throughout the trial.

The Hollywood actor has a long-running feud with the ex-president and convicted criminal and was more than happy to stick the boot in.

But he admitted he was concerned for his safety as one of the more visible and strident Trump critics, given the passion of his millions of supporters.

De Niro weighed in on the jury's verdict in the 'hush money' trial on a day Trump ridiculed him with a deep fake online video.

Robert De Niro has celebrated his archenemy Donald Trump being convicted of 34 felonies after trading insults throughout the trial

'I think justice was served,' he told Variety at an event for his new film Ezra.

'This never should have gotten to this stage,' the actor, who did voiceover for a Biden campaign ad, added and agreed the verdict could affect the election. 

'I don't want to be talking, but I am so upset by it. I have to say something. This is my country. This guy wants to destroy it. Period. He's crazy.'

De Niro, when asked if he ever feared for his safety, said he did - but refused to be intimidated by Trump or threats from his fans.

'You think about that. It makes me more angry, but I have to be afraid to be intimidated. And that's why I said, you're not going to intimidate us,' he said.

'People are fed up, they're going to fight back. That's not what we're about in this country. 

After calling De Niro a 'wacko' after his rant outside Manhattan criminal court, Trump posted a deepfake video that manipulated the actor's voice to call himself 'washed up'.

Trump gestures to the media and the crowd outside of Trump Tower after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal trial

Trump posted the video from his Truth Social account. It features De Niro at a press conference organized by the Biden campaign outside the Stormy Daniels trial, with the same honking car alarm that accompanied the original.

Only this time, the Academy Award winner calls himself a 'scared little man' and a 'sicko' with 'lots of skeletons in my closet'.

It also insults his stature, calls Trump a 'real man,' and includes crude references to gay sex.  

'I don't know why they made this podium so high. I told them I'm coming straight from the bathhouse and didn't have my platform shoes with me,' the actor says in a manipulated voice that resembles his own.

'I'm speaking to you today because I'm a scared little man, a washed up actor with lots of skeletons in my closet. 

'People like me need Joe Biden and power not because he's any good, but because he enjoys the same sick perversions.'

Former President Donald Trump posted a 'deep fake' video that manipulated actor Robert De Niro's voice to have him ridiculing himself

The manipulated Goodfellas and Godfather Part II actor then says he only gets to 'pretend to be tough and powerful on a movie set'.

'If Donald Trump was in front of me right now I'd punch myself right in the face, get down on my hands and knees...' the deepfake version of De Niro says, with a crude reference in the video posted by the former president.

The deepfake also includes a nod to DeNiro's performance in 'Meet the Parents,' saying if Trump gets reelected 'sickos like me will be permanently banned from the circle of trust.' 

The crude video comes after DeNiro hammered Trump at the New York press conference, after doing voiceover for a video that savaged the former president as a 'clown' and a would-be 'dictator.'

'I love this city I don't want to destroy it. Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city but the country and eventually he could destroy the world,' he said.

Former President Donald Trump gave a review of Robert De Niro's performance outside of his hush money case overnight Wednesday on his Truth Social website 

He said if Trump gets reelected he would never relinquish power. 

'I can tell you right now. He will never leave. He will never leave. You know that. He will never leave,' De Niro said. 

He was heckled by Trump supporters during the appearance.

'We New Yorkers used to tolerate him when he was just another grubby real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot,' De Niro said of Trump.

'A two-bit playboy lying his way into the tabloids. A clown.' 

'But this city is pretty accommodating. We make room for clowns,' the actor continued. 

'But not a person like Trump, who will eventually run the country, that does not work and we all know that.' 

Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller followed up with his own press conference slamming De Niro as a 'washed up actor.'