Tag: Trump racism

Trump slurs Jewish adviser during cabinet meeting

The following article by Tommy Christopher was posted on the shareblue.com website March 8, 2018:

Gary Cohn is sent off with an epithet popularized by Breitbart.

Gary Cohen at podium. Credit: Sky News

Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn resigned this week, and Trump bid him farewell by using what amounts to an anti-Semitic slur at a cabinet meeting.

Cohn, who did not resign after Trump called Nazis “very fine people,” finally quit this week after Trump announced tariffs that could lead to a trade war.

On Thursday morning, Trump told his assembled cabinet, “This is Gary Cohn’s last meeting in the cabinet, of the cabinet. He may be a globalist, but I still like him.” Continue reading “Trump slurs Jewish adviser during cabinet meeting”

Trump immigration plan could keep whites in U.S. majority for up to five more years

The following article by Jeff Stein and Andrew Van Dam was posted on the Washington Post website February 6, 2018:

What will America look like in 30 years? Credit: Mark Ralston, AFP, Getty Images

President Trump’s proposal to cut legal immigration rates would delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by as few as one or as many as five additional years, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

The plan, released by the White House last month, would scale back a program that allows people residing in the United States to sponsor family members living abroad for green cards, and would eliminate the “diversity visa program” that benefits immigrants in countries with historically low levels of migration to the United States. Together, the changes would disproportionately affect immigrants from Latin America and Africa. Continue reading “Trump immigration plan could keep whites in U.S. majority for up to five more years”

Trump seems to think that a low black unemployment rate proves he is not racist

The following article by Eugene Scott was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2018:

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton couldn’t get as big crowds as he does, even with Beyoncé and Jay Z performing. They performed at a Clinton rally in Cleveland (The Washington Post)

President Trump has been accused of holding racist views toward black people for more than 40 years. Long before he launched his presidential campaign, he was sued by the federal government for discriminating against black people in his housing developments.

So for some Americans long aware of his history, which included advocating the execution of five black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park, Trump’s comments stating that black immigrants come from “shithole” countries and that Mexican immigrants include “murderers” and “rapists” came as no surprise. Continue reading “Trump seems to think that a low black unemployment rate proves he is not racist”

Poll: 44 Percent of Americans Think Trump is a Racist

The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website January 17, 2018:

Four in five Americans said they believe Trump talks without taking much time to consider his words

President Donald Trump speaks as he stops by a Conversations with the Women of America panel at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s rough rhetorical style was thrust under the microscope (again) last week after he called Haiti and parts of Africa “shithole countries” when complaining about their immigrants to the United States, multiple lawmakers who were at the meeting with the president confirmed.

Four in five Americans said they believe Trump talks without taking much time to consider his words, a new poll found.

The 1,500 U.S. adults polled by YouGov from Sunday through Tuesday tend to agree across the political spectrum that the president “reacts and speaks without thinking very much.” Continue reading “Poll: 44 Percent of Americans Think Trump is a Racist”

Trump Says He’s The ‘Least Racist Person.’ Anderson Cooper Has A Reality Check.

The following article by Ed Mazza was posted on the Huffington Post website January 15, 2018:

The CNN host uses the president’s own words against him.

In response to reports that Donald Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole” countries in a meeting with lawmakers last week, the president once again claimed he was the “least racist person.” But CNN’s Anderson Cooper wasn’t buying it.

On Monday night, Cooper used Trump’s own words to show the president’s history of racist comments going back long before he even took office.

Check it out in the clip above.

Trump was reportedly surprised black lawmakers didn’t personally know fellow black person Ben Carson

The following article by German Lopez was posted on the Vox website January 12, 2018:

Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

That wasn’t even the only stereotype Trump reportedly threw out during a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus.

President Donald Trump reportedly couldn’t avoid stereotyping black people during a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus.

He had asked members of the Congressional Black Caucus in a March meeting, Vivian Salama reported for NBC News on Friday, if they personally knew Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who is black. He was surprised when none of the attendees did, two meeting attendees told Salama. Continue reading “Trump was reportedly surprised black lawmakers didn’t personally know fellow black person Ben Carson”

White people are the only ones still surprised by Donald Trump’s racism

The following commentary by Julio Ricardo Varela was posted on the NBC News website January 13, 2018:

People of color have always seen the danger of the president’s prejudice quite clearly.

President Trump discusses the violence, injuries and deaths at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Why is anyone still surprised by Trump’s behavior in 2018? Even if his long and storied history of racism had escaped the “Apprentice”-watching public that viewed him as little more than a master of the celebrity-reality show genre, it’s been close to three years since he launched his presidential campaign on June 16, 2015.

His then-comments about Mexico — “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best… They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people” — will forever be etched in America’s history of unfiltered Know Nothing xenophobia, especially since he admitted thereafterthat they were pre-planned and not off-the-cuff. Continue reading “White people are the only ones still surprised by Donald Trump’s racism”

Trump, condemned for ‘shithole’ countries remark, denies comment but acknowledges ‘tough’ language

The following article by Ed O’Keefe and Anne Gearan was posted on the Washington Post website January 13, 2018:

The Fix’s Eugene Scott explains how Trump’s “shithole countries” comment is the latest example of his history of demeaning statements on nonwhite immigrants. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde/Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

President Trump’s comments about African countries and Haiti drew condemnation from around the world Friday, putting the White House and Republicans on the defensive while casting doubt on hopes of resolving disputes in the coming weeks over immigration legislation.

In a tweet Friday, Trump seemed to deny using the term “shithole” to refer to some countries during a private White House meeting Thursday, but acknowledged he used “tough” language during the negotiations. Among Republicans, there were differing responses to the comments, but few of them outright condemned his remarks. Continue reading “Trump, condemned for ‘shithole’ countries remark, denies comment but acknowledges ‘tough’ language”

Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2018

The following article by German Lopez was posted on the Vox website January 12, 2018:

Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s “the least racist person.” The record suggests otherwise.

President Trump answers questions about his response to the violence, injuries and deaths at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, Aug. 15. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

If you ask President Donald Trump whether he’s racist, he has a standard response: He claims that no, in fact, he’s “the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered.”

But Trump’s record tells a very different story.

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks — from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US to suggesting that a judge should recuse himself from a case solely because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.

The trend has continued into his presidency. From stereotyping a black reporter to pandering to white supremacists after they held a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump hasn’t stopped with the racist acts even after his election. Continue reading “Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2018”

‘A New Low.’ The World Is Furious at Trump for His Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’

The following article by Laignee Barron was posted on the Time website January 12, 2018:

He may be a president already known for his crude language and off-color remarks demeaning other nations, but Donald Trump’s description of Haiti, El Salvador and some parts of Africa as “shithole countries” has sparked unprecedented international outrage.

Trump was meeting with lawmakers at the White House on Thursday to discuss a bipartisan immigration deal when he reportedly grew frustrated at the suggestion that immigrants with protected status would need that status restored. Continue reading “‘A New Low.’ The World Is Furious at Trump for His Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’”