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David Lynch to Trump: You are causing suffering and division

US President Donald Trump (L) and filmmaker David Lynch (file photo)

Veteran American filmmaker David Lynch has issued a rebuke to Donald Trump after the president touted a quote from him saying Trump could be remembered as one of the greatest presidents in US history.

In a post on his Facebook page, Lynch told the president that his comment from an Breitbart article was taken out of context and needed some explaining.

Lynch told the president that his divisive policies that have disrupted political norms will ultimately prevent him from being remembered as a great president.

“Unfortunately, if you continue as you have been, you will not have a chance to go down in history as a great president,” Lynch wrote. “This would be very sad it seems for you — and for the country. You are causing suffering and division.”

On Monday, Trump tweeted a link to the Breitbart article that featured a comment Lynch made in a lengthy profile published by The Guardian.

The director had told the newspaper that Trump “could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history because he has disrupted [politics] so much.”

Trump also touted the comment by the famed filmmaker at a campaign rally in South Carolina on Monday.

However, Lynch made clear that given the current trajectory of Trump’s presidency, his assessment of the Republican leader had changed.

Since taking office in January 2017, Trump has adopted policies that have isolated the US in the world and divided the country along racial, social and cultural lines.

The president’s harsh immigration policy, which has seen thousands of families separated at the Mexican border in recent weeks, has been met with fierce criticism both in the US and abroad.

Trump has also eliminated many welfare protections for millions of struggling Americans, while giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy.


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