In a recent event that played more like a one-sided jousting match than a serious interview, Donald Trump took the stage at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) event in Chicago. No one expected Trump to behave with dignity, but the sheer audacity of his answers left the audience gasping, laughing, and face-palming in disbelief.
Predictably, Trump spewed nonsense for about 30 minutes, only to be cut short when his team decided enough was enough. His comments were cringingly combative, outrageously out of touch, and often outright lies drenched in hubris. He left many scratching their heads. There was online speculation that his team used Black female journalists as practice targets for his upcoming debate with Vice President Harris. Whatever.
Anyway, here are DonOld’s top five most ridiculous answers to direct, honest questions during his disastrous session at NABJ.
Trump vs. Authentic Black History
Donald Trump: “I have been the best president for the black population since Abraham Lincoln.”
Let’s all genuflect before Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed savior of Black America (in his own mind, anyway). Claiming to be the best president for the Black population is as absurd as saying slavery had benefits for Black Americans. Before we forget, let’s review Trump’s long list of accomplishments for Black people, like…checks notes…oh, wait.
Get real! Under presidents like Lyndon B. Johnson, who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, segregation ended and voting rights were protected. Even Barack Obama, the first Black president, implemented policies like the Affordable Care Act, which significantly improved health care access for Black Americans. Trump’s self-aggrandizing claims pale in comparison to these genuine achievements.
Those Job-Stealing Immigrants
Donald Trump: “I will tell you that coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs.”
Aww, how cute! Trump is sticking to his favorite fact-free strategy: classic scapegoating of immigrants. He’s also decided that certain jobs are exclusively for Black people, a weird notion. According to DonOld, hordes of job-stealing immigrants are forming a line longer than a Black Friday sale at Walmart. Meanwhile, the real issues affecting employment in Black communities—systemic racism and economic inequality—remain as invisible to Trump and his MAGA minions as his tax returns remain to the nation.
Studies, like those from the National Bureau of Economic Research, have found little evidence that immigrants take jobs from native-born Americans, including Black Americans. In fact, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that immigration has an overall positive impact on long-term economic growth in the U.S. Far from being the villains in Trump’s fairy tale, immigrants actually contribute to the economic health of the country.
Immigrants often take jobs that are less desirable to native-born workers, complementing rather than competing with them. For example, immigrant workers are heavily represented in agriculture, construction, and hospitality—sectors that frequently struggle to fill positions with native-born workers. So, instead of stealing jobs, immigrants are keeping essential industries running smoothly.
Identity and MAGA Ignorance
Donald Trump: “(Kamala Harris) was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she went…she became a black person.”
In the latest episode of Trump’s Masterclass in Racial Sensitivity, we learn that he thinks racial identity is apparently as changeable as Trump’s policy positions. It seems like DonOld has deliberately overlooked the reality of “biracial” or “multiracial.”
Kamala Harris must be shocked to discover she magically “turned” Black. She has always identified with both her Indian and Black heritage. With an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, her racial identity is complex and multifaceted—just like America’s diverse demographic landscape.
Vice President Harris attended Howard University, a private historically black university, and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the oldest Greek-letter organization for African American college-educated women. While earning her Juris Doctor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, she served as president of its Black Law Students Association chapter.
VP Harris has consistently embraced both sides of her heritage throughout her public career. Her dual identity reflects the reality of many Americans with mixed backgrounds, and it is recognized and celebrated by those communities.
The Ninth Month Abortion Lie
Donald Trump: “(The Democratic Party is) radical on abortion because they’re allowing abortion in the ninth month. They’re allowing the death of a baby after the baby is born.”
The “ninth month abortion” myth is popular among those who distort facts as easily as they bend their moral standards. This lie deliberately conflates abortion with murder. In reality, abortions in the ninth month are incredibly rare and only occur in extreme medical circumstances, such as when the mother’s life is at risk or the fetus has a condition incompatible with life.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 90% of abortions occur within the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, with only 1.2% of abortions occurring at 21 weeks or later. Additionally, abortion after birth is actually…wait for it…homicide…which is illegal in every single U.S. state. No one is performing such acts.
Spreading the horrendous lie that “Democrats kill babies” empowers MAGA extremists to further demonize pro-choice advocates, fueling more hatred, division, and the dangerous rhetoric to “strap on a Glock,” as failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake suggests. Trump’s horror story is designed to whip his delusional base into a frenzy, inciting them to carry out his violent bidding.
It’s always fascinating to hear Trump discuss medical procedures he clearly knows nothing about. This is the same man who suggested curing COVID-19 by injecting Clorox or somehow shining a UV or “just very powerful light” inside one’s body. In 45’s case, you could shine a light in one ear and watch it beam straight out the other—no obstacles in the way.
Cognitive Tests R Us
Donald Trump: “I want anybody running for president to take an aptitude test, to take a cognitive test. I think it’s a great idea. And I took two of them and I aced them.”
Who better to champion cognitive testing than the man who can’t remember if it’s “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV” or “Person, Woman, Man, Covfefe”? If we’re going to start administering cognitive tests to presidential candidates, perhaps we should first check if they can distinguish between reality TV and actual governance.
Spoiler: Acing a cognitive test doesn’t mean much when you’re flunking out on common sense, basic decency, and mental stability. “Acing” such tests doesn’t equate to presidential fitness, as DJT has so graciously demonstrated.
The NABJ interview was a QuickStart Guide on how not to answer serious questions. From rewriting history to promoting baseless myths, Trump’s sh!tshow is always as obnoxious as it is baffling. It’s a stark reminder that when it comes to serious issues affecting Americans, we deserve answers grounded in reality, not reality TV. As 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris says, “The American people deserve better.”
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It is amusing that you criticize Trump for his answers in an interview when Harris has not answered any questions from any reporters or anyone for the last 28 days. Clearly, Harris is being kept isolated, much like Biden was during Covid, for fear of what she might say.
You have missed the times she has spoken to reporters at airports or after events. You have to do better John. I would be more concerned with the 162 lies the rapist convicted traitor your guy support gave at a Mara largo Press Conference.
Well Johnny Boy, like many of those with arrested development you’re easily amused. Clearly, as far as the political press & Kamala goes, this thread sums it up perfectly (not that you’ll bother reading it):
https://balloon-juice.com/2024/08/14/editorial-board-twitter-thread/
Senator, you are grasping at straws…plastic straws if you prefer.
Based on his past history, we know that whatever John “Living on Taxpayer Money All My Life” Kavanagh says today is someone else’s idea that he heard on the “Real American Patriot No Step on Snek News Network”.
We also know that he will say the exact opposite in a month or two.
He’s consistent in his inconsistency.
Lucky for us he posts on the World Wide Web, so we can all marvel at his mental flatulence.
These are all oft repeated, well worn lies spewed by DonOld. Watching the NABJ interview, I could sense the trumpers in town nodding in unison. What I find interesting as a student of human behavior is the ability and willingness of GQP-GOP fundie-vangie, christo-fascist sheeple to unquestioningly swallow the nonsense. I believe it’s conditioning brought about by religion, the greatest con in human history. What other grift gets marks to follow an unseen figure without question in hopes of a reward after one dies. Religion is the root of all evil.