# Spike Lee Is Praying the Knicks Don’t Visit the Trump White House

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/spike-lee-is-praying-the-knicks-dont-visit-the-trump-white-house/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T15:56:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/features/spike-lee-knicks-trump-white-house-james-dolan-palestine-1236935696/
- Topics: Americas, Basketball, Entertainment, Film, Geopolitics, Politics, Sport, World

## Key points

- Spike Lee hopes the Knicks will not visit Trump’s White House.
- He is hosting a two-day film festival in Brooklyn.
- The interview also covers Hollywood and his pro-Palestinian views.

## Summary

Spike Lee said he hopes the New York Knicks will not visit the White House under Donald Trump, amid his support for Palestinians and concern about how that stance is treated. In an interview, the filmmaker also discussed the Knicks’ championship, a new Brooklyn film festival and changes in Hollywood.

Lee is hosting Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, beginning on 6 November with a screening of his film *Crooklyn* and a discussion with family members and cast. The article also touches on Knicks owner James Dolan, a proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and harassment Lee says he has faced over his pro-Palestinian views. The supplied article text ends before those topics are discussed in detail.

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