Stephen Miller rages at 'sad, broken old man' Robert de Niro after Goebbels comparison

Hollywood legend Robert De Niro, who has won two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe, is now just a "sad, broken old man," according to Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.

De Niro, 82, teed off on Miller this week during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," comparing Miller to Joseph Goebbels, a Nazi politician who served as Adolf Hitler’s chief propagandist and Reich Minister of Propaganda.

"We see it, we see it, we see it … all the time — he will not want to leave. He set it up with … I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi," De Niro said, in comments flagged by Newsweek.

"He is and [Miller’s] Jewish, and he should be ashamed of himself," De Niro said.

Miller has faced comparisons to Goebbels over his extreme rhetoric and political tactics that critics say echo fascist propaganda. Miller has used martyrdom during his speeches and smeared political foes as evil.

On Wednesday, the White House official melted down on Fox News and attacked De Niro in a lengthy rant.

"Robert De Niro is a sad, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he hasn't made anything worth watching in at least 30 years," railed Miller. "Probably the longest string of flops, failures, embarrassments — this man has been degrading himself on camera with one horrific film after another for my entire adult life, and he is not taken seriously by anybody. Not by his family, friends, not by his community."

Miller concluded, "He is a shell of a man and everybody disregards everything he says."