Trump has an offensive way of referring to groups of people, whether it be by race, religion or gender, as if they are inanimate objects and beneath him.
For instance, any reasonable person would say “I like cats, I like dogs, I don’t like spiders”. They wouldn’t say “I like the cats, I like the dogs, I don’t the spiders”.
Yet Trump refers to certain groups in that fashion all the time - the blacks, the Mexicans, the Hispanics, the muslims, the gays. Glaring difference!
Native Americans -
Trump has obsessively attacked Elizabeth Warren on her Native American heritage and gender! Click her name for Tweets.
In 1993 during a congressional testimony he accused Native American casinos of being run by the mob to get tax breaks. He said “They don't look like Indians to me and they don't look like Indians to Indians”.
He used racial slurs in an attempt to stop Native Americans gaining casino licences.
Later that year during a radio interview with Don Imus Trump said “I think I might have more Indian blood than a lot of the so-called Indians that are trying to open up the reservations”.
In an interview with Steve Forbes in 2011 Trump said this -
What's happened with the Indian reservations is absolutely unbelievable. The lobbyists have done an unbelievable job. Many of them aren't Indians.
I had a very famous statement, 'They don't look like Indians to me.' And they put it on '60 Minutes.' It became a [thing]. And you know what the end of '60 Minutes' was? -- And I didn't relent from that statement. I went before Congress and they said, 'How dare you make that statement?' And I'm sitting here with a room full of people that look just like you Steve and just like me. And they have less Indian blood maybe than we do, okay? And they are running reservations. And I'm saying to myself they don't look like Indians. And I didn't relent. And then at the end of the '60 Minutes' piece the conclusion was, that Trump was right.
So, it's a scam and it is huge, it's a huge number of dollars. It's billions and billions of dollars. And the Indian reservation have really hurt other places like Las Vegas and like Atlantic City which pay a lot of tax.
Bigotry and Foreign Relations
African Americans -
Trumps father was an active KKK member and arrested in 1927 for participating in the clubbing of Protestant protesters. Trump flat out denied that his father had been arrested yet the arrest is confirmed by the precinct logbook. Trump has attacked Hillary Clinton on Twitter for knowing a former KKK member. Byrd had disavowed his former life.
The Department of Justice sued Trump and his father Fred in 1973 for housing discrimination (based on race and color) at 39 sites around New York.
In 1989 he took out a full page ad in New York city newspapers calling for the death penalty of 5 men arrested for the rape of a woman. Trump placed these ads shortly after their arrest. Later these men were found to be innocent through DNA testing, yet Trump still believes they are guilty. Trump tweeted shortly after the fatal shooting of a man by police in Milwaukee, stating the officers were justified. This illustrates Trump’s presumption of guilt before any judicial proceedings.
In an NBC interview in 1989 Trump said “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. And, I think, sometimes a black may think that they don't really have the advantage or this or that but in actuality today, currently, it's, uh, it's a, it's a great. I've said on occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today I would love to be a well-educated black because I really believe they do have an actual advantage today.”
1991 - In the book Trumped!, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control." Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in that "the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true."
1992 - The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino had to pay a $200,000 fine for removal of African American and female dealers from tables to accommodate the prejudices of Robert LiButti, a big-time gambler with connections to organised crime.
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Trump has repeatedly denied knowing David Duke, Imperial Wizard of the KKK. Yet here is a letter by Trump written in 2000 suggesting otherwise ...
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April, 2011 - Trump questions Brack Obama’s birthplace and college records
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June, 2011 - I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks.
May, 2016 - There was an incident with the shooting of a gorilla at Cinniccannti Zoo. It was reported on Breitbart news, the chairman Stephen Brannon, is head of Trump's media campaign.
Some of the comments by readers of Breitbart regarding this incident were captured by Little Green Footballs WARNING - they are truly offensive!
According to Little Green Footballs these were but a few of the vitriolic comments posted. Whilst Trump didn’t write them, the fact that his campaign manager is the head of this right-wing media speaks volumes!!! That people think way, and also happen to Trump supporters, is a major concern!!!!!
Aug, 2016 - It’s a total catastrohpy. No health care, no education, no anything. In 4 years I will have 95% of the [African-Amercian] vote
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According to Little Green Footballs these were but a few of the vitriolic comments posted. Whilst Trump didn’t write them the fact that his campaign manager is the head of this right wing media speak volumes!!! The fact that people who think like this are Trump supporters is a major concern!!!!!
He continually talks about how inner city crime is related to African Americans … and Hispanics. From his rhetoric one would assume that there are no whites, nor white criminals, that live in the inner city!
Mexico -
Trump’s issues with Mexico have been in the news a great deal. His tweets are numerous and they suggest a likely reason why he appears to despise this country so much. Did Trump
do a ‘deal’ recently with the Mexican President to get his money back? His vendentta against Mexico seems to have eased of late.
Note the similarity of his tweeting when someone or something stands in his way! See also, the Business page regarding outsourcing jobs.
Who could forget his June, 2015 speech -
"When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. 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"
Middle Eastern Nations -
Trump repeatedly criticises Hillary Clinton and her supposed links to nations who donate to the Clinton Foundation. A formal statement is here …
What a short memory has Mr Trump!
Of the countries listed in the above GOP statement Trump has had, and still has dealings, with…
Qatar
Qatar Airways leases office space at Trump Tower https://property.compstak.com/725-5th-Avenue-New-York/p/587
UAE
A golf course in Dubai http://www.trumpgolfdubai.com/
Saudi Arabia
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bailed out Trump when he failed to pay debts for Trump Plaza. The Prince also purchased Trump’s yacht.
Trump’s disgusting behaviour on Twitter regarding the Prince.
Aboard his Boeing 757, parked on the tarmac in Des Moines, DailyMail.com asked The Donald about Alwaleed's claim that he had rescued him financially.
'No, no,' Trump insisted. 'He didn't bail me out. Let me tell you – he needs bailing out right now, if you look at where he's going. He needs bailing out. He needs big bailouts.'
'Nope. Never been a fan of his. Never been a fan. Never liked him.'
Asked if he had ever met Alwaleed personally, the man on whom he had just heaped a helping of billionaire scorn, Trump paused for a moment.
'No. Never liked him. Never met him,' he said.
'Don't know him, just never liked him. Never liked his style.'
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Read more about Ivanka Trump’s exclusive interview with HotelierMiddleEast.com
“I think there is an opportunity to exceed what’s [already] been done in the Middle East, and [we can] create something truly iconic and special. We always love developing in places where people have bold visions and that’s very true here in the Middle East.” she said.
Trump also has dealings with other Muslim nations which he conveniently forgets -
Turkey
Trump has condominiums in Istanbul
Indonesia
Trump has hotels in Bali
Brunei
Trump bought a yacht from the Sultan of Brunei which he later sold to the Saudi prince mentioned above
Azerbaijan
Trump announced in 2014 plans to build a hotel and residential tower in Baku
Libya
In an interview with CBS “I made a lot of money with Qaddafi”
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Tweets - Middle Eastern Nations
There are hundred's of tweets so I've limited them to those that mention oil, of which he has, yet another, obsession. Plus one outrageous tweet about military personal casualties. Note - they are not in chronological order.
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I'm really good with war. I love war, in a certain way
I will build a military so strong that we'll never have to use it because they are going to be saying, 'I'm not going to mess with that guy,'
Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It's like Harvard, OK?
I will build a safe zone in Syria, build a big, beautiful safe zone, and you have whatever it is, so they can live
The children of Muslim immigrant parents are responsible for a growing number of terrorist attacks
A total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States
They're not coming to this country if I'm president
Don't tell me it doesn't work -- torture works... Waterboarding is fine, but it's not nearly tough enough, ok?
Waterboarding would be fine. If they can expand the laws, I would do a lot more than waterboarding
I will...quickly and decisively bomb the hell out of ISIS, will rebuild our military and make it so strong no one -- and I mean, no one -- will mess with us
I know more about ISIS than the generals do believe me
Asian countries -
Trump’s comments regarding other nations are just as absurd. As mentioned already Trump now expounds keeping jobs in the US and yet in 2005 he wrote on his Trump University blog that outsourcing was a good thing for American business and that it actually creates more jobs. See the ‘Business’ page.
It’s undisputed that much of Trump’s clothing line is made in China, Bangladesh and also, Mexico.
Trump leases office space to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
Trump World Tower is 60% owned by Daewoo, a South Korean corporation.
Trump built condominiums in Seoul, South Korea
Tweets - China, Japan, Nth and Sth Korea (a few of hundreds!)
The important thing to note from this and his tweets is A. he is a hypocrite B. he back-flips on several issues C. his propensity to call people derogatory names and D. the most alarming - he still holds a grudge over WWII and the Korean War.
In 2010 Trump partnered with Bradford License India. ‘The product licensing division of the company [Trump Organisation] has selectively granted licenses for the manufacture and distribution of product under the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection brand (men’s suiting, dress shirts, neckwear, jewelry and accessories, small leather goods and eyewear) and the Trump Home brand (furniture, room decor,lighting, mattresses, crystal and bedding). In addition, licenses have been granted for gourmet chocolate, gourmet tea and premium spirits’.
He sells his name at a profit rather than manufacturing his branded goods in the US for export.
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Trump has denied that he employed undocumented Polish workers yet the evidence is here
And on importing other foreign workers
Russia -
Trump has denied any dealings with Russia and yet in a 2008 interview when talking about his investments, he stated “We’re doing great jobs around world. Dubai, India, China, Russia.”
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"No, I have nothing to do with Russia, John. How many times do I have say that? Are you a smart man? I have nothing to with Russia, I have nothing to do with Russia. And even — for anything. What do I have to do with Russia? You know the closest I came to Russia, I bought a house a number of years ago in Palm Beach, Fla..... So I bought it for 40, I told it for 100 to a Russian. That was a number of years ago. I guess probably I sell condos to Russians, OK?"
TRUMP: Well, look, you know, I have my own ideas. He's not going into Ukraine, okay? Just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right?
You can mark it down and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you want.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, he's already there, isn't he?
TRUMP: Okay, well, he's there in a certain way, but I'm not there yet. You have Obama there. And frankly, that whole part of the world is a mess under Obama.
Business dealings with Russia are discussed here
Trump seems convinced that Putin has called him a genius - another example of Trump's colossal ego! The closest translation in English is ‘colourful’.
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ABC and CBS Interviews July, 2016 -
Trumps later comments re this incident -