Donald Trump caught heat this week for crudely imitating an Asian negotiator while on the campaign trail. But apparently it’s a longtime act.
Calling into “Morning Joe” in 2010, Trump also used broken English to mock working with Asian as well as Middle Eastern businesspeople.
“They’ll say, ‘Donald, Donald, we cannot believe what we are getting away with. Your people are stupid that are leading your country,'” he said of the Chinese businesspeople he meets with.
He turned the conversation to the “Sheikhs of Kuwait.”
“The go, ‘No no no, we do not like the potential of the United States. We do not like investing in the United States,'” Trump said.
The bit prompts clear discomfort among his hosts. Joe Scarborough even warned him, “Just political advice, I’d just leave the accents to others.”
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We don’t have to go back to 2010 to prove what an asshole DT is, we have plenty of confirmation every day!!
Instead of Scarborough telling Trump to leave the accents to others, perhaps that right wing butt kisser should leave the journalism to others.
Like Stephen Colbert in this now somewhat infamous bit.
It’s all in the approach. Trump is an ass. Robin Williams did accents of almost every kind including Asian. The man was a kind of human mynah bird. But it almost always seemed to me to be done with affection. His Brit characterizations were extremely broad and often very rude, and my Brit parents loved him.
Donald Trump is a frat boy running in a Party which loves frat boys. It’s as simple as that.
@Ralph_VonHolst- I know a lot of people who give comedians a lot of slack when it comes to accents and such. I remember seeing that skit from Colbert not long ago and while it is kind of painful to watch, it is important to remember that he tended towards mocking how Conservatives see the world. Some of what Robin Williams did was uncomfortable as well. I recently watched some Monty Python and it could be painful at times as well. I’m not sure where I am going with this now, but yeah, comedians get away with a lot more because they are often mocking the stuff behind the racism, sexism, etc.
Why is morning blowhole still on?
Really, quoting morning joe-blowhole?