Spike Lee is concerned Americans have died as a result of following President Donald Trump’s unscientific health advice during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The U.S. leader’s response to the health crisis has been heavily criticised, including his claim to be using the non-approved drug hydroxychloroquine, as well as his suggestion the coronavirus could possibly be cured by injecting disinfectant.
Lee, who has nicknamed America’s leader “Agent Orange” after the weaponised chemical herbicide used in the Vietnam War, believes these unverified claims will have already have killed those who follow them. “I feel that we have to care about the statements that Agent Orange makes,” he told British newspaper The Times. “Because those statements send people