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08-27-2016, 04:52 PM
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"His tone echoed remarks he made back in 2011, during the height of his crusade to prove that President Obama was not an American citizen. When pressed about whether his position would alienate the millions of black voters who overwhelmingly supported the president, Trump argued that he has a "great relationship with the blacks." Besides referring to African-Americans as if they were an inhuman monolith, he seemed to imply at the time that the only reason they had embraced Obama's candidacy was their shared heritage.
This was not a case of just one malapropism gone awry. A 1991 book by John O'Donnell, who once served as president of Trump's hotel and casino in Atlantic City, alleged that Trump once vented that he hated "black guys counting my money" and argued that "laziness is a trait in blacks." Instead of disputing these quotes, Trump reportedly said in a 1997 Playboy interview that "the stuff O'Donnell wrote about me is probably true." Although he did also refer to O'Donnell as a "loser" and someone he barely knew."
Trump'''s History Undermines New Outreach to Black Voters - NBC News
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