Donald Trump weighed in on the “N-word” on Friday, and no, not the racial slur.
Trump, in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, was discussing latest developments within the India-Pakistan conflict earlier than bizarrely referring to the phrase “nuclear” with a suggestive nod to the racial slur — a stunt he as soon as pulled at a 2022 rally and in past interviews on the community.
“It was getting deeper and extra, I imply, extra missiles. Everybody was stronger, stronger, str — to a degree the place the following one’s going to be what, the N-word. You recognize what the N-word is, proper?” Trump requested Baier.
“Nuclear,” stated Baier whereas trying on the flooring.
“Yeah,” stated Trump earlier than cracking a smile and laughing.
“Thanks, thanks for the clarification,” replied Baier earlier than smiling as effectively.
“I figured you’ll wish to clear that up,” Trump remarked.
Trump continued to consult with nuclear because the “N-word,” including that it’s a “very nasty phrase” in “a whole lot of methods.”
“The N-word utilized in a nuclear sense,” he stated earlier than turning again to speak of the battle.
“That’s the worst factor that may occur. And I feel they had been very shut. The hatred was nice.”
Trump’s latest feedback arrive a couple of 12 months after he confronted renewed questions over his alleged use of the racial slur on the set of “The Apprentice.”
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former contestant on the truth present and an ex-White Home aide in Trump’s first time period, claimed on a 2018 book tour that she heard a recording of the president utilizing the N-word on the present.
Trump instructed reporters on the time that Newman was a “lowlife.” Then, in a put up to X, previously Twitter, he confused that there have been no such tapes of him utilizing “such a horrible and disgusting phrase.”
“I don’t have that phrase in my vocabulary, and by no means have,” he wrote.
Final Could, former “Apprentice” producer Bill Pruitt claimed the long run president used the racial slur whereas discussing Kwame Jackson, a Black contestant on the present.
Steven Cheung, then-Trump marketing campaign spokesperson and now-White Home communications director, stated on the time that the accusations had been a part of a “utterly fabricated and bullshit story.”