“The Real Racist”

Donald Trump, with wattle

Film director Spike Lee, accepting an Academy Award recently, called on the country to reject hate in 2020. He did not name Donald Trump during his speech, although he did note Trump’s failure to denounce the neo Nazis unequivocally at a now infamous rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.

Trump, always petulant and petty, replied via tweet, calling Lee’s statement a “racist hit” on the president, whom he claimed had done more…