Top Blogs Hollywood Writers Rip Trump: ‘Legitimizes’ Violence, ‘Disgraces Our Nation’ By Daniel Nussbaum - August 16, 2017 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter The Writers Guild of America West issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump and his response to the violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, white nationalist rally on Saturday, saying in a statement that the president “disgraces our nation.”