Can't read the article bc paywall, but no way. DL operated on another plane and wasn't big on politics, but hadn't voted conservative since Reagan, and saw Trump for the threat he was. Watched The Art Life yesterday, he expressed disdain for racists twice in it.

https://www.frieze.com/article/david-lynch-clarifies-he-didnt-praise-trump-tells-him-you-are-causing-suffering-and-division