Mackie is smart enough to understand that there is a line that one cannot cross in Hollywood. Unless you’ve risen to the top of the elite heap, sometimes you just have to keep your mouth shut. Mackie gets this. With the Trump comment, he ventured far too close to that line, and had to walk-back his comments. And he…

Actually, he didn’t “build” anything. Rather, he disassembled a 1970s vintage digital alarm clock and put it in a metal case.