Donald Trump: 'I have a great relationship with the blacks'

**celeb_2006** · April 14th, 2011, 05:40 PM

First Read - Trump: 'I have a great relationship with the blacks'

Carrie Dann writes: As Politico's Ben Smith has pointed out, some prominent African Americans aren't exactly fans of Donald Trump’s questions about President Obama’s citizenship.

And African Americans, one of us wrote earlier this week, happen to be one of the few voting blocs with a solid net-positive view of the real estate mogul. According to a February NBC/WSJ poll, 27 percent of black respondents have a favorable opinion of Trump, while 22 percent take a negative view. (Compare that to 26% positive/ 29% negative overall.)

That may be true, but today on the Fred Dicker radio show, Trump boasted of his relationship with the black community in a particularly, well, blunt way.
"I have a great relationship with the blacks,” Trump said. “I've always had a great relationship with the blacks.”

Referring to poll numbers that show enduringly high support for President Barack Obama among black voters, Trump pointed to race as a reason that he – like Hillary Clinton before him– would be unable to capture more African-American support.

“Unfortunately, it seems that, you know, the numbers you cite are very, very frightening numbers," he said.

Trump is expected to make a decision on a presidential run by June.
Per a written statement, "On the May 22nd Season Finale of Celebrity Apprentice, Mr. Trump may announce the time and place of a press conference at which time he will make a statement as to whether or not he will run for President of the United States."

**Brookie** · April 14th, 2011, 05:48 PM

"I have a great relationship with the blacks"??? If this doesn't put some kind of gargantuan nail in his run-for-office coffin, I don't know what does. What an ignorant thing to state - Don, who are you trying to convince? Me - or you?

**sputnik** · April 14th, 2011, 06:12 PM

and i'm sure 'the blacks' love him too.

**Brah** · April 14th, 2011, 06:45 PM

Ha! God, I can't stand this man. Just because Snoop tolerates his orange ass, doesn't "the blacks" love him.

**Brookie** · April 14th, 2011, 06:59 PM

Yeah, I'll bet ol' Donny gets down wit' the bros in da hood regularly.

**SHELLEE** · April 14th, 2011, 07:51 PM

What a fucking racist piece of shit! What does that even mean? "The blacks" Well, I'm "A white" and I can't stand your ass.

**MontanaMama** · April 14th, 2011, 08:15 PM

We're being punked right? I mean this has to be a giant joke.

**Str8_uncut-jock** · April 15th, 2011, 09:08 AM

Any word on if "the blacks" found this as offensive as I did?

**sluce** · April 15th, 2011, 09:36 AM

How is he with "the gays", "the orientals", "the Jews".... What an asshole

**Str8_uncut-jock** · April 15th, 2011, 10:39 AM

As one of "the gays" I will go ahead and speak for all of us and say we can't get behind anyone who cares that little about his hair. We. Just. Can't.

**BITTER** · April 15th, 2011, 10:52 AM

I heard that he tapped Robin Givens. So maybe he was "into" blacks at least once.

**Seth82** · April 15th, 2011, 11:54 AM

cannot stand this asshat

and just because you and Snoop Dogg are pals doesn't mean an entire race of people like you

using terms like "the blacks" is fucking offensive also