“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
Name One Time Trump Was Racist
(not current! only includes up to 2017)
1973: The Nixon Administration sued Trump for refusing to rent to black people
1980s: Trump’s casinos were accused of hiding black staff when Trump visited
1989: Trump took out a full page ad arguing for the death penalty for a group of black men (The ‘Central Park Five’), effectively putting a bounty on their heads and plaguing them with a lifetime of death threats. He was sued by the Justice Department for discrimination.
1991: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kinds of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day…I think that the [black] guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is.
1992: Trump’s casino was fined $200,000 for transferring black dealers off certain tables to appease racist patrons.
1993: Trump said Native American casinos shouldn’t be allowed because, “They don’t look like Indians to me.”
2000: Trump ran a series of attack ads against Native American casinos, alleging (with no proof) that they were guilty of crimes.
2004: Trump fired a black contestant from ‘The Apprentice” for being over-educated.
2010: Trump argued in favor of segregating Muslims in Lower Manhattan.
2011: Birtherism. Trump alleged that Obama was Kenyan based on nothing but skin color. He’s neither apologized, nor renounced that claim.
2015 (1): Trump called Mexican immigrants “rapists” who are “bringing crime and drugs” to the US.
2015 (2): Trump called for “a ban on all Muslims entering the US.”
2016(1): Trump called for a Mexican judge to recuse himself based on nothing other than his race. Paul Ryan said, “This was the textbook definition of a racist comment.”
2016 (2): Trump regularly retweeted material from white supremacists and neo-Nazis during his campaign.
2016(3): Trump tweeted a picture alleging Hillary was Jewish or controlled by Jewish people.
2016(4): The Trump campaign adopted Nixon’s “Law and Order” rhetoric which was based in racial fear mongering.
2016(5): Trump told black voters, “What do you have to lose?”
2017(1): Trump asked a black reporter to set up a meeting with the black caucus simply because she was black.
2017(2): “…some very fine people on both sides”, said Trump of a violent Nazi rally.
He was the one that started the Kenyan Obama thing?
No.
He re-invigorated and promoted and backed efforts to unearth documents, long-form birth certificates, chinese thermostats, bleach, dishwashers…
Btw random fact: it turned out that the reason his Long-Form birth certificate was looking photoshopped was printer error.
I saw that in a really awesome talk of a big data scientist who found the printer issue and gave a talk about his story and the journey to get it fixed. His name is David Kriesel if you wanna look him up, but the talk’s in German.
Thanks, it does sound like some bs he would do.
Does he really believe that any of the humans who somehow endure his presence are his friends?
That’s the only thing he’s ever understood to be friendship.
There’s a lot of depth to this reply, and it hits the nail on the head.
Seriously, as an emotional being, the guy is just empty. From his comment about not understanding why soldiers would go to war when they get nothing out of it, to his never ending willingness (eagerness, even) to toss literally anyone under the bus to save his own ass. This guy really has no earthly concept of sacrifice, honor, duty, community… seriously pull out a fucking thesaurus.
I think he is the single most self-centered person I’ve ever seen, heard of, or read about. I’m not even being hyperbolic. The greatest writers in history wouldn’t put a character like him to paper because readers wouldn’t buy it!
You say that’s how he understands friendship, and I agree. I’d only add that he genuinely thinks everyone else is just wrong about it. It’s kind of sad, and also kind of amazing to watch.
It’s a shame we can’t treat sociopathy
Should treat it with a firing squad.
Is it wrong if I instead lean towards releasing them into a nature preserve filled with tigers that have been trained to enjoy human flesh?
I mean, yes?
Then I don’t want to be right
If there’s no heaven, why should we be good?
Edit: I was paraphrasing Trump’s most recent word salad, showing that he views literally everything as transactional. Not my views. I could have been more clear.
He has such a complete lack of empathy that he can’t comprehend the idea of the joy of making others happy.
All his relationships are transactional. Even his familial ones
Well, you got me there
I don’t always agree with your statements but god damn if you didn’t nail this one.
What the fuck is that face he’s making. Is he even conscious? Is he having an episode of some sort? Slappableface magazine calling for an interview.
That is the face of toddler who is squeezing one out in to their diaper.
He got a star for makin’ poopy.
Tim Scott and Thomas?
do they count?
Mike Tyson apparently. Rapists of a feather…
Because Kanye is absolutely not racist
Candace Owens ?
Went full antisemite and got sidelined by the party.
I think he means Ben Carson or Vivek Ramaswamy
Don’t forget Herbert Cain (safely dead from the Trump plague), so he can’t deny being Donald’s friend (donated to Trump, so must be reasonably friendly with him).
Trump, the guy who posted a “white power” video a few years back? That guy?
Edit - source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53212685.amp
Non Google amp link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53212685
Oh … just now?
