Michael Cohen says Trump repeatedly used racist language before his Presidency
Source: Vanity Fair
During our conversation, Cohen recalled a discussion at Trump Tower, following the then-candidates return from a campaign rally during the 2016 election cycle. Cohen had watched the rally on TV and noticed that the crowd was largely caucasian. He offered this observation to his boss. I told Trump that the rally looked vanilla on television. Trump responded, Thats because black people are too stupid to vote for me. (The White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)
This conversation, he noted, was reminiscent of an exchange that the two men had engaged in years earlier, after Nelson Mandelas death. He said to me, Name one country run by a black person thats not a shithole, and then he added, Name one city, Cohen recalled, a statement that echoed the presidents alleged comments about African nations earlier this year. (White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied those comments at the time. She added that no one here is going to pretend like the president is always politically correcthe isnt. She subsequently noted that it was one of the reasons the American people love him.)
Cohen also recounted a conversation he had with Trump in the late 2000s, while they were traveling to Chicago for a Trump International Hotel board meeting. We were going from the airport to the hotel, and we drove through what looked like a rougher neighborhood. Trump made a comment to me, saying that only the blacks could live like this. After the first few seasons of The Apprentice, Cohen recalled how he and Trump were discussing the reality show and past-season winners. The conversation wended its way back to the shows first season, which ended in a head-to-head between two contestants, Bill Rancic and Kwame Jackson. Trump was explaining his back-and-forth about not picking Jackson, an African-American investment manager who had graduated from Harvard Business School. He said, Theres no way I can let this black f-g win. (Jackson told me that he had heard that the president made such a comment. My response to President Trump is simple and Wakandan, he said, referring to the fictional African country where Black Panther hails from. Not today, colonizer!)
In retrospect, Cohen told me that he wishes he had quit the Trump Organization when he heard these offensive remarks. I should have been a bigger person, and I should have left, he said. He didnt, he said, because he grew numb to the language and, in awe of the job, forgave his bosss sins. Cohen, in fact, even defended the president publicly against charges of racism. Last year, he explicitly tweeted as much. Cohen explained that he defended the president because he thought the magnitude of the office would eventually force him to be more judicious with his words. I truly thought the office would change him, he said. But it hasnt, Cohen continued. In fact, he said, it has exacerbated his rhetoric.
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SpankMe
(2,937 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)...before the election when it would have really helped the country.
maybe but his voters knew who and what he was... may not have helped
I mean they voted for him after his "grab 'em" comment... especially the women who voted
Stuart G
(38,358 posts)would change him, he said. But it hasnt, Cohen continued. In fact, he said, it has exacerbated his rhetoric.
Yes, that is true. Many other people thought the same thing. That somehow this office and position would clear up his mind and his rhetoric. As Cohen implied it has made him worse.
brush
(53,467 posts)fuck-ups. When is someone there going to get the guts to...never mind.
If they've still there after all this time they're true believers.
George II
(67,782 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)USA - under Barack Obama. But then, an orange man took over and now... well, I guess we'll see.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)marble falls
(56,353 posts)in the rentals of their units, and Fred was arrested for participating in a KKK rally that got out of hand and injured a couple of police. Well, maybe - just a scosh racist.
riversedge
(69,707 posts)Link to tweet
Yashar Ali
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Verified account @yashar
7h7 hours ago
Michael Cohen tells VF Trump said (among other things)
- Black people were too stupid to vote for him
- "Name one country run by a black person that's not a shit hole."
- "There's no way I can let this black fucking win" - re First Season Apprentice
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/michael-cohen-trump-racist-language?mbid=social_twitter
goonerbuzz
@goonerbuzz
6h6 hours ago
Replying to @yashar
Not surprised. His base won't move an inch by these revelations.
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Val Escher
@EscherSays
6h6 hours ago
Most of them agree with him, so they'll just hug him tighter.
FormerOstrich
(2,689 posts)as the loyal stooge and lead fixer you are now warning voters he said things before being elected. Yet, we have hear from the horses-mouth these very same comments. You are asking us to believe these revelations are the most damning knowledge you posses of this mans actions?
There is nothing new here. Nothing shocking. What exactly are you selling here and who is the consumer you wish to reach? I personally, believe you have first hand knowledge of much more damning information. Details of crimes. You know STUFF. You know STUFF we don't know. What is this?