Trump: Ferguson, Oakland Some Of The Most Dangerous Places In The World

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at Trump Tower, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

In his continuing efforts to “put America first,” presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump named three U.S. cities when asked about the most dangerous places he’s ever been in an interview published Wednesday.

Reporter Robert Draper spoke with for The New York Times Magazine and asked the billionaire about the most dangerous place he’s ever been, after Trump balked at the idea of having to go to Iraq.

“Brooklyn,” Trump replied, laughing. “No, there are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously.”

Trump has commented on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri before, eliciting backlash for comments suggesting that undocumented immigrants were causing violence there and, at the time of the riots following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, criticizing the media for not covering it as a “racial situation.”

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. I see the pivot to becoming more presidential and the GOP minority outreach are proceeding swimmingly!

  2. I guess he’s never been to any real dangerous places in the world like Syria Somalia, Iraq etc.etc.etc

  3. well, if you are black, of course…

  4. He has been to military boarding school. That is like war. Just ask him.

  5. Of course, this isn’t even remotely true. To people who live in reality.

    But to Rump’s followers, he’s just speaking what everyone of them knows to be true. Because crazy, out of control Black people.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

111 more replies

Participants

Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for jeffgee1 Avatar for charliee Avatar for pokeyoakey Avatar for deckbose Avatar for headhunter212 Avatar for chammy Avatar for trnc Avatar for steviedee111 Avatar for george_spiggott Avatar for mantan Avatar for arrendis Avatar for borisjimbo Avatar for donnyyoung Avatar for gr Avatar for dickweed Avatar for masterlever Avatar for darrtown Avatar for emilianoelmexicano Avatar for meta Avatar for spencersmom Avatar for manx_manx Avatar for ljb860 Avatar for 1988ranger

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: