The director’s comments came in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday, August 27.  Lee in the interview said the “hate” that is spread by Trump is “heartbreaking.” He spoke about the recent shooting of Jacob Blake, and how “black and brown people” and “black and brown trans people are being shot down like animals.”

He said “We have so much hate in the world – specifically the United States of America. This guy in the White House, and what he’s done, and what this just, level of hate, Anderson, it’s heartbreaking. I think you talked about this, too. I have — I think there’s going to be shenanigans, some skulduggery that if he loses, particularly in a close vote, he might not want to leave. Anderson, are we coming to a civil war? The next civil war in the United States of America. I ask you that question.”