Robert DeNiro ranted about the "nightmare" scenario of an actual "dictatorship" if former President Donald Trump were to win the 2024 election during a recent appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher."

Maher questioned how Trump could possibly be beating President Joe Biden. The HBO talk show host cited a New York Times/Sienna poll that showed Trump leading Biden 48% to 43%. Maher also noted that Trump had pulled neck-and-neck with Biden with women and ahead of the Democrat presidential candidate with Hispanics.

DeNiro responded, "I don’t know, I just don’t want to feel the way I did. And many, many of us don’t. After the election in 2016, where we couldn’t believe that it happened."

DeNiro denigrated Trump as a "total monster" and "a mean, nasty, hateful person."