USA: Spike Lee compares Donald Trump to Hitler
Spike Lee compares Donald Trump to Hitler The director also called the Capitol breach a ‘very sad day in the history of America’ Donald Trump and Spike Lee. Composite: Getty; Rex Andrew Pulver, The Guardian @Andrew_Pulver Mon 25 Jan 2021 11.35 GMT Spike Lee has likened Donald Trump to Hitler in an acceptance speech at a film critics awards show, adding that “the whole world is laughing at the United States”. The director made his comments when he accepted a special award from the New York Film Critics Circle for his short film New York, New York. The film was released in May 2020 and Lee described it as a “love letter to its people”. Lee said the comments about the Trump were recorded on 6 January, the day of the Capitol breach , which he said was “a very sad day in the history of America”. “We are living in a very serious time in America,” said the director. “His president, President Agent Orange, will go down in history with the likes of Hitler … all his boys, they are go