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Judi Lynn

(160,588 posts)
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:33 AM Feb 2019

Trump called Black Americans 'stupid' and claimed US was a 'sh*thole' because it was run by Obama: C

Source: Raw Story

Trump called Black Americans ‘stupid’ and claimed US was a ‘sh*thole’ because it was run by Obama: Cohen
SARAH K. BURRIS
27 FEB 2019 AT 00:23 ET

President Donald Trump’s racism is far worse than the public is aware, according to his former “fixer” Michael Cohen.

In a written testimony submitted to the House, Cohen said that in private, Trump is far worse.

“He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a ‘sh*thole,'” Cohen recalled. “This was when Barack Obama was President of the United States.”

He also noted that while the two were driving through a “struggling” neighborhood in Chicago, Trump said, “only black people could live that way.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump-called-black-americans-stupid-claimed-us-shthole-run-obama-cohen/

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Trump called Black Americans 'stupid' and claimed US was a 'sh*thole' because it was run by Obama: C (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
#$&*&&%&#$ Iliyah Feb 2019 #1
I doubt he'll surprise us & Trump's cult already calls Cohen a liar. rickyhall Feb 2019 #2
No videohead5 Feb 2019 #4
I'm shocked!... RockRaven Feb 2019 #3
Yep. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #9
Time Aussie105 Feb 2019 #13
The SAT scores and the grades BeyondGeography Feb 2019 #5
I once said Haiti didn't work. I meant without graft if you are in the foreign applegrove Feb 2019 #6
America's history of the world is quite selective. OneBro Feb 2019 #10
Putin's having a good ole time with this. C Moon Feb 2019 #7
MAGA!! Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #8
There go the 27 black people who voted for him. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #11
"You know what I mean..." nt EarthFirst Feb 2019 #12
The evidence of racism is whats least likely to gain any traction in my opinion jcgoldie Feb 2019 #14
Nothing moves the needle much with that 30% DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #15
This will surprise no one bigworld Feb 2019 #16
But he's NOT a racist, AMIRITE ?? Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #17

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
2. I doubt he'll surprise us & Trump's cult already calls Cohen a liar.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:39 AM
Feb 2019

So it'll be just pure entertainment

videohead5

(2,181 posts)
4. No
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:42 AM
Feb 2019

He's got documents to back up a bunch of his claims like a personal check where Trump paid him back for the Stormy Daniels hush payment.

Aussie105

(5,414 posts)
13. Time
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 07:22 AM
Feb 2019

to stop being indignant and shocked about Trump's many failings as a human being, and focus on how to neutralise him as a source of toxicity that is poisoning many minds all over the world.

Then we can all relax and get on with our lives.

Hopefully, soon.

applegrove

(118,734 posts)
6. I once said Haiti didn't work. I meant without graft if you are in the foreign
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 01:56 AM
Feb 2019

aid but was no explicit because Hillary was running and the Clinton's had pulled their foundation out of Haiti. I think it was partly because you could not run a presidential campaign and pay graft. And you could not feed or house or help people on the ground there without some footsoldier in your organization giving in and paying graft to get some emergency stopped. Which was a political scandal waiting to happen. But I did not want to be explicit because it was an election year.

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
10. America's history of the world is quite selective.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:34 AM
Feb 2019

Our "history" courses tend to start at the despots or evil dictators of "developing" countries and teach forward, i.e. look how horrible Haiti and the Congo are (i.e. they're incapable of governing themselves), presenting such "history" in a vacuum as though the West had nothing to do with putting the Idi Amins of the world in power.

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
8. MAGA!!
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 04:32 AM
Feb 2019

What have you got to lose, black community?

I pray for the souls of the minorities and immigrants who continue to vote for Trump and bolster the boot against their own throats.

Sadly, I don't believe that any of this will wrestle free spell-bound minds and foregone moralities.

To survive Trump means being broken in one form or another.

jcgoldie

(11,635 posts)
14. The evidence of racism is whats least likely to gain any traction in my opinion
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 08:28 AM
Feb 2019

His supporters are largely racist and most of them that I've encountered love him BECAUSE he's a racist, not in spite of it. No-one in the world will be shocked by these revelations about the asshole so I just don't see how this moves the needle much on Trump. Hope I am wrong.

 

DirtEdonE

(1,220 posts)
15. Nothing moves the needle much with that 30%
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 09:42 AM
Feb 2019

I hope you're wrong too but we've all seen more than enough evidence now. We've all seen the true ugly face of the racist gop magat traitors and there is no way anyone can ever forget that face.

I believe trump is a symptom of white racist fear of the irrefutable demographic changes coming wherein their white majority that has abused minorities for centuries will now become the minority.

They'll do anything to forestall that immutable futurecast. They're so afraid of the future they even did trump.

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