Michael Cohen Claims Trump Made Several Racist Comments Before 2016

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Now that Michael Cohen has fully turned his back on President Trump, the former fixer is starting to share damaging details about his old boss.

Cohen told Vanity Fair that he’s heard Trump make several racist comments over the years. Cohen said he “should have been a bigger person” and left his job for Trump over his alleged comments.

Cohen shared several of Trump’s alleged comments. According to Cohen, when driving through a “rougher neighborhood” in the late 2000s, “Trump made a comment to me, saying that only the blacks could live like this.” Cohen also claimed that Trump told him, “There’s no way I can let this black f-g win,” while explaining why he did not choose African-American investor Kwame Jackson as the winner of “The Apprentice.”

Read the entire piece in Vanity Fair.

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  1. Regarding successful countries that have been run by a black person. One comes quickly to mind. I know it’s hard for Trump, but I’ll give him a hint: the country’s initials begin with “U” and end in “A.” One more hint – the country is in North America. Hell, another hint – the country’s initials have three letters. Unfortunately, I still doubt he can name the country.

  2. According to Cohen, when driving through a “rougher neighborhood” in the late 2000s, “Trump made a comment to me, saying that only the blacks could live like this.”

    Obviously, Cohen has misconstrued Trump’s heartfelt “economic anxiety”.

  3. I’m starting to doubt whether it can still be characterized as successful.

  4. Uh, Mike, maybe you don’t follow politics much but that’s not really going to get it done. How about contempt for the people who like him? Some raping? I assume you’ve given it up about all the financial crime. But casual racism went from bug to feature while we watched, and there’s a record the various ethnic groups he’s been a racist about can consult. We need more, buddy! Think!

  5. Yea, the Omarosa roll-out ain’t gonna cut it.

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