Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and director Don Cheadle isn’t one of those Hollywood celebrities who can stay quiet when it comes to the subject of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Following Trump’s bizarre and insanely callous tweet in which he turned the death of NBA star Dwane Wade’s cousin into a cheap political opportunity, Cheadle had some choice words for the billionaire candidate. To make matters worse Trump missed spelled Wade’s name wrong in his original tweet, so he deleted it and tweeted a corrected version with the same message.
Dwyane Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2016
You are truly a POS https://t.co/cyTwxgxwDh
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 27, 2016
However, Cheadle may have graduated from insults to potentially being investigated by the Secret Service after he sent a tweet encouraging Trump to be so kind as to “die in a grease fire.”
Sorry. I misspelled "die in a grease fire." https://t.co/16K2iq1pF4
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 27, 2016
Cheadle then spent the next few hours taking on Trump fans who tried to troll his Twitter. At least one user posted a wildly inaccurate estimate of the actor’s net worth, as though that would prove him to be a rich liberal hypocrite. Another speculated about the actor’s diet, and once again Cheadle was happy to school him as well.
@JaredWyand @DonCheadle it's called rich, black-guy guilt. He thinks being a liberal is standing up for the blacks while he eats caviar.
— Daddy's Guard (@ImHereForTrump) August 27, 2016
35million?!?😂😂😂 If I had 35 million I'd never work again!! You get that off a rando website or something?! Hilarious https://t.co/XOO7rNrOJ7
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 27, 2016
Ewww. I hate caviar. And I'm looking up "rich black guy guilt." Hope there's a salve for that … 😬 https://t.co/C6Nb4mnKpg
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 27, 2016
Others just tried good ole’ fashioned straight up racism to upset the actor, but that strategy also backfired.
@DonCheadle Oh fuck off. Black people are responsible for their own litany of problems. Own up & stop blaming whitey.
— HuwhitePolemicist (@DesertFoxMulder) August 27, 2016
Love your twitter handle. So descriptive. https://t.co/4R4romkURo
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) August 27, 2016
So far Trump himself has yet to respond to Cheadle’s attacks. However, it’s probably a matter of time before the billionaire’s two-dollar ego compels him to pick a fight with another celebrity who’s too smart and witty for him to handle.
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