A man drove through the gates of Mar-a-Lago at 1:30 in the morning Sunday carrying a shotgun and a gas can.
Secret Service agents shot him dead – and the left's most famous Trump hater released a podcast Monday morning as if the body hadn't even cooled.
That's when America heard Robert De Niro repeat the same sick words about Trump three times in under five minutes – and what happened next is something Lara Trump said out loud on national television.
Robert De Niro's "Get Rid of Him" Rhetoric – Three Times in Five Minutes
On Nicolle Wallace's MS NOW podcast "The Best People," De Niro didn't stumble into the phrase once.
He repeated it.
"He will not leave. It's up to us to get rid of him," De Niro said.
One minute later: "He's an idiot. We got to get rid of him."
Minutes after that: "It's time for us who've taken this country for granted to stand up and get rid of this guy."
Three times. Same phrase. The morning after a man breached the president's home with a shotgun and a gas can – the third attempt on Trump's life in under two years.
De Niro also called Trump "the enemy of this country" and claimed he would refuse to ever leave the White House.
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Then he cried at the end of the podcast.
The Mar-a-Lago Security Breach Was the Third Attempt in Two Years
The suspect – 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina – drove through the north gate as another vehicle was exiting.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw described the confrontation: agents ordered Martin to drop the shotgun and the gas can. He put down the gas can. Then he raised the shotgun to a shooting position.
Two Secret Service agents and a deputy fired and neutralized the threat. Trump was in Washington at the White House Governors Dinner. Bradshaw confirmed no one inside was injured due to the agents' quick action.
FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency was "dedicating all necessary resources" to the investigation.
Butler, Pennsylvania in July 2024 – a bullet came less than a quarter inch from entering Trump's head. West Palm Beach in September 2024 – Ryan Wesley Routh hiding in bushes with a rifle, sentenced to life in prison earlier this month. And now Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a fuel canister at 1:30 in the morning.
This is the same America where Charlie Kirk was shot dead on a Utah stage in September by a left-wing gunman – and the same media that downplayed that assassination is now airing Robert De Niro calling for Trump to be "gotten rid of" the morning after another armed man shows up at the president's home.
Lara Trump on Fox and Friends: "How Many Chances Does One Man Get?"
Lara Trump went on Fox & Friends Monday morning and said what every normal American is thinking.
"How many chances does one man get?" she said. "He's not gonna be lucky enough at some point. Thank God he wasn't at Mar-a-Lago and the first lady wasn't there this weekend. But you don't get lucky every single time."
Then she connected the dots the media refuses to connect.
"Whenever you just casually throw around terms like Nazi, like fascist, like Hitler and racist, what do you think the consequences of that ultimately will be?" she asked. "We are better than this as a country."
Former Secret Service agent Tim Miller echoed her on the same program, warning that the left's radical ideology is "bearing fruit" in America's educational system. "My hope and prayer is that all Americans would wake up, because if not, this violence is going to become more and more common."
De Niro didn't invent the rhetoric – but he's been its most reliable celebrity delivery mechanism for years. In May 2024 he said Trump "will never leave" office. He repeated it in October 2025 at a "No Kings" protest rally. Now, the morning after a shotgun and a gas can show up at Mar-a-Lago's front gate, he says it again – three more times.
The left will tell you De Niro just means voting. Wallace even tried to insert the word "peaceful" into the conversation. De Niro didn't acknowledge it.
This is the pattern: words like these get normalized, then amplified, then someone drives 600 miles from North Carolina in the middle of the night with a weapon. Nobody on the left connects those dots. Lara Trump just did it for them on live television.
The question isn't whether De Niro intended to inspire violence. The question is whether the left will ever hold one of their own accountable for this kind of language – or whether the next morning after will look exactly like this one.
Sources:
- Jason Cohen, "Robert De Niro Repeatedly Calls To 'Get Rid Of' Trump In Podcast Dropped After Mar-a-Lago Shooting," Daily Caller News Foundation, February 23, 2026.
- "Lara Trump, ex-Secret Service agent warn of rhetoric consequences after Trump breach," Fox News, February 23, 2026.
- Jason Cohen, "Lara Trump Worries President Won't Always 'Get Lucky' After Mar-a-Lago Shooting," Daily Caller News Foundation, February 23, 2026.
- "Robert De Niro claims Trump will 'never leave' office, says 'up to us to get rid of him,'" Fox News, February 23, 2026.
- "Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says," CBS News, February 23, 2026.
- Karoline Leavitt statement on Mar-a-Lago breach, White House Press Secretary, February 22, 2026.
- Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw press conference, February 22, 2026.
