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From ELLE UK

You'd be hard-pressed to find a topic Donald Trump hasn't yet offered his opinion about on Twitter - so when Tracee Ellis Ross took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy on Sunday night, it didn't take long for the internet to unearth the president-elect's thoughts on her show, Black-ish.

How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled "Blackish"? Can you imagine the furor of a show, "Whiteish"! Racism at highest level? - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2014

Reportedly first rediscovered by Dave Itzkhoff, the 2014 tweet from Trump reads, 'How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled 'Blackish'? Can you imagine the furor of a show, 'Whiteish'! Racism at highest level?'

Unsurprisingly, many were quick to offer up a slew of responses to the tweet - and at the time, many pointed out that a TV show being named Black-ish is most definitely not an example of 'racism at highest level'.

We gotta get you out of here for this @realDonaldTrump. Do you even know the definition of racism?https://t.co/UIKBMg313N - X (@XLNB) October 1, 2014

@realDonaldTrump not sure that you know what racism or 'the highest level' means. - Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 1, 2014

Others chose to respond to the tweet by listing off some of the many 'White-ish' shows that have been on the air over the years.

"Whitish" has been on for years. They called it "Friends"...or "The Big Bang Theory" or "Seinfeld" or....you get the point, @realDonaldTrump - Rusty Redenbacher (@rustymk2) October 1, 2014

Thats every other show Donald! RT @realDonaldTrump: How is ABC allowed to have Blackish? Can you imagine the furor of a show, "Whiteish"! - Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) October 1, 2014

@CorporateBarbie @realDonaldTrump "Friends" "Seinfeld"... pretty much every other show not named "Blackish" IS Whitish. - The Nation (@TiricoHairline) October 2, 2014

Meanwhile, others made it clear that they thought his tweet was absolutely ridiculous.

.@realDonaldTrump Yes Donald. That's 'racism at its highest level'. Now put your dressing gown on and come back inside. Jeopardy is on. - Philip Bradbury (@feckhead) October 1, 2014

.@realDonaldTrump you're blowin my mind buddy!!!! it's like, who are the real racists? wow. makes you think - matt ◉ lubchansky (@Lubchansky) October 1, 2014

But by far, the most popular response - both in 2014 and 2017 - was letting the tweet speak for itself.

This is a real tweet by our incoming President. https://t.co/zfBuZjPkDZ - billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 9, 2017

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