Trump's Remarks: 'Black and Hispanic People Are Dumb, They Don't Vote for Me'

Revealed Through Former Personal Lawyer Cohen's Memoir
All Black Derogation... Mandela Is No Exception

President Donald Trump of the United States [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] It has been alleged that Donald Trump, the President of the United States, said during his presidential campaign four years ago, "Black people and Hispanics are too stupid to vote for me."

On the 5th (local time), The Washington Post (WP) reported that Michael Cohen revealed this in his upcoming book to be published on the 8th, titled "Disloyal: A Memoir - The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Lawyer to President Donald Trump." Cohen was Trump's personal lawyer and 'butler.' According to Cohen, during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump showed a dismissive attitude toward people of color, saying "They are not my people." Trump, then a candidate, reportedly said, "I won't get the Hispanic vote," and "Like the blacks, they are too stupid to vote for me," Cohen revealed.

He introduced other anecdotes of Trump's blatant racist remarks, claiming, "He looked down on all black people." In particular, Cohen pointed out that Trump obsessively despised Barack Obama, his predecessor and the first black president of the United States. At one point, Trump claimed that Obama was able to graduate from Columbia University and enter Harvard Law School because of "damn Affirmative Action." Moreover, while complaining about former President Obama, Trump reportedly said, "Name one country led by a black person that is not a shithole," adding, "They are all complete toilets."

Michael Cohen, who served as personal lawyer to Donald Trump, President of the United States [Photo by Yonhap News]

Cohen claimed that Trump even criticized Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, after his death in 2013. Trump reportedly said, "Mandela ruined the entire country," and "Now that country is a shithole. Mandela was not a leader." Cohen also alleged that Trump once praised the era when South Africa enforced apartheid (black discrimination policy). Cohen criticized Trump's attitude toward women as inappropriate and introduced an anecdote where Trump made explicit sexual harassment remarks upon seeing Cohen's 15-year-old daughter.

Cohen served as Trump's 'fixer' for about ten years but turned his back on him in 2018 by cooperating with the special investigation into the 'Russia scandal.' He was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for violations including election finance law and lying to Congress, and was released in May due to COVID-19 concerns, entering house arrest.

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