Not an accountant but you get the point...
Posted on 09/14/2018 9:13:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a biography of President Trump said the president doesn’t view non-white people “as people.”
David Cay Johnston wrote the 2016 bestseller “The Making of Donald Trump” and has reportedly known Trump for over two decades.
He appeared on Dean Obeidallah‘s SiriusXM show on Friday to discuss Trump’s false claim that 3,000 people did not die in Puerto Rico following massive hurricane last year.
“Donald does not see people who are not white as people,” Johnston said. “And he’s been like this for a long, long time. This not a newly acquired or strange thing.”
He pointed to an anecdote from John R. O’Donnell’s book, detailing his time spent as the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino President.
O’Donnell claimed that Trump refused to have a black accountant.
“The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day,” Trump reportedly said.
Judicial proceedings against the president and longtime New York businessman have found that he discriminated against blacks, women, Asians and Puerto Ricans, Johnston added.
Trump tweeted Thursday without evidence that the Puerto Rican death toll from Hurricane Maria had been inflated by Democrats to make him look bad.
"3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths," Trump tweeted. "As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000."
His claim contradicted recent studies that found the death toll to be significantly higher than originally reported.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in a statement on Thursday said "it is a fact" that 2,975 people died following the devastating hurricane.
David Cay Johnston on Trump: He does not see people who are not white as people
O’Donnell claimed that Trump refused to have a black accountant.
“The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day,” Trump reportedly said.
No, I think he says, that he wants a Jewish accountant...
Or maybe a Pope.
Hey, Johnston: I don’t hate you for the color of your skin. I hate you for the content of your character.
We need new libel laws now .
The Hill and this writer need to be shut down for Pure Hate .
Not an accountant but you get the point...
Trump has done more for black people by creating jobs and getting black unemployment down than any president I remember.
This article is not believable.
I have heard too many stories by the people of color themselves who cite behavior - before he ran for POTUS - that totally goes against what this idiot is saying.
I*’m starting to get really tired of the negative Trump bashing posts that appear here every friggin day.
I think I’ll take a week long break from FR.
The author of this obvious hit piece.
Useful table over at Reddit. Trump was great friends with many blacks, was feted by the NAACP, Jesse, Al, etc. - until he ran for President as a Republican.
““The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day,” Trump reportedly said.”
Hahaha - Trump is funny. Smart, as well.
So who’s his HUD Secretary? A mannequin from Macy’s?
Obama’s pal Louis Farrakhan sees white people as white devils and the embodiment of all evil in the world, a black scientist’s eugenics experiment gone wrong.
Men, keep far away from someone who gives you this look!
Women, probably a good idea for you as well.
So why did he cut a check for $40 million to Herschel Walker, honor Diamond & Silk, and cut Omasa numerous unearned breaks? If anything, he looks for an opportunity to be solicitious.
I’ve actually met people who did not regard black people as people, and Trump ain’t them.
For someone who doesn’t see them as people, Trump didn’t restrict these “non-people” from joining his Palm Beach club.
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