It appears Donald Trump has lost a famous friend following his controversial comments calling for the ban of all Muslims from entering the United States. On Tuesday via an open letter posted on Global Grind, Russell Simmons implored his “amazing friend” of “30-plus years” to “stop fueling fires of hate.” “Stop the bullshit. Stop fueling fires of hate. Don’t feed into the rhetoric created by small-minded people,” Simmons wrote of ;the Republican candidate for president. ;“You’re smarter and certainly more loving then you let on. The Republicans in power don’t like you any more than the Democrats in power, as they know you can’t be controlled, because you are your own …
It appears Donald Trump has lost a famous friend following his controversial comments calling for the ban of all Muslims from entering the United States.
On Tuesday via an open letter posted on Global Grind, Russell Simmons implored his “amazing friend” of “30-plus years” to “stop fueling fires of hate.”
“Stop the bullshit. Stop fueling fires of hate. Don’t feed into the rhetoric created by small-minded people,” Simmons wrote of ;the Republican candidate for president. ;“You’re smarter and certainly more loving then you let on. The Republicans in power don’t like you any more than the Democrats in power, as they know you can’t be controlled, because you are your own man. You have been many people’s champ in the past, but now you are becoming a major embarrassment. I know the cheap seats are easy to play to, but you can get them just by being the man I have known for nearly 30 years.”
Stop the bullshit. Stop fueling fires of hate.
Simmons — who is also the chairman of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving Muslim relations with Jewish and Black communities — denounced the comments, noting that his Muslim and Jewish friends have compared Trump’s comments to Adolf Hitler.
“My friends, both Muslims and Jews, are saying there are so many comparisons between your rap and Hitler’s, and I cannot disagree with them,“ ;Simmons said.
He continued by asking Trump not to compromise his legacy as a businessman in exchange for a political agenda.
“You can’t possibly want your kids or your wife Melania (all of whom I know and respect) to live with that. You are a born leader, who is set to possibly win the nomination of your party, but don’t compromise what I know is in your heart to do it,” Simmons wrote. “You are a generous, kind man who has built a career on negotiating deals where everybody wins. Now, you seem like a one-man wrecking ball willing to destroy our nation’s foundation of freedom.”
Read more of Russell Simmons’ open letter to Donald Trump here.
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