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malaise

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Wed Sep 9, 2020, 04:44 PM Sep 2020

The Con said he feels no responsibility to understand anger of Black Americans, Woodward book says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-said-he-feels-no-responsibility-understand-anger-black-americans-n1239676
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When asked if he had a responsibility to understand the "anger and pain" felt by Black Americans, Trump said, "No, I don't feel that at all," according to Bob Woodward.

During a conversation on June 19, Woodward, whose father was a lawyer and judge in Illinois, pointed out that he and Trump were white and privileged, and asked if that affected his thinking.

"Do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave to a certain extent, as it put me and I think lots of white privileged people in a cave and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly, Black people feel in this country?" Woodward asked.

"No," Trump responded. "You really drank the Kool-Aid, didn't you? Just listen to you. Wow. No, I don't feel that at all."


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