Spike Lee responds to Donald Trump by slamming his Oscar speech

Spike Lee responds to Donald Trump by the way and mostly ignores him. After the Oscars, Trump spent the morning blaming Lee for going on strike while accepting the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Lee recounts Weekly entertainment he will not let the president make an anti-American narrative from his speech at the Oscars.

"Well, it's okay-doke, you know," Lee said when asked about Trump's criticism. "They change the story. They did the same thing with the African-American players who were on their knees, trying to make it anti-American, anti-patriotic and anti-military. But nobody is going for that. "

While accepting his Oscar, Lee encouraged viewers to "do the right thing" in the upcoming 2020 elections. The director did not name Trump, but it was clear that he was acting for the Democrats. "When we find our humanity, it will be a highlight," Lee said. "The 2020 election is upon us – let's mobilize all of us to be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love and hate. "

Trump criticized the director's comment by writing on social networks: "Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes or, better yet, not have to use them at all, when he makes a racist hit to your president, who did more for African Americans Criminal Justice Reform, lowest unemployment rate ever recorded, lower taxes, etc.) than almost every other meadow!

Lee does not get carried away by Trump's critics. The director announced on Instagram that he was already preparing to shoot his next film, "Da 5 Bloods". With his award season "BlacKkKlansman" now gone, Lee travels to Thailand for two months to shoot his next project. . "Da 5 Bloods" stars Chadwick Boseman in the story of veterans of the Vietnam War who return to the jungle and relive their loss of innocence. Netflix supports "Da 5 Bloods".

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