Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Writes Critical Op-Ed Piece About Donald Trump, Receives a Nasty Note From Him

On Wednesday, the Washington Postpublished an op-ed piece written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called "This is the difference between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders." In the piece, Abdul-Jabbar was very critical of the approach that Trump has taken to trying to become the next President of the United States of America—and called Trump out for mismanaging a handful of interactions with the press.

"Attempting to bully the press to silence criticism of him is anti-American," Abdul-Jabbar wrote, before explaining why Trump has very little chance to become the Commander-in-Chief.

Trump apparently saw the piece and, as you'd imagine, he didn't like it. But rather than simply ignore it—because, you know, that'd make way too much sense—Trump went as far as to write Abdul-Jabbar a nasty note that Abdul-Jabbar then posted on Facebook. You can read it here:

If you can't read Trump's handwriting, the note says:

LOL at "Best wishes."

Abdul-Jabbar also wrote a caption along with the photo indicating that Trump's note is yet another example of him trying to "silence criticism" from the press. Here is that caption:

You can read Abdul-Jabbar's entire Washington Post piece here. It was pretty critical of Trump, but did Trump really need to write him the note that he did?

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[via Fox Sports]