>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MORNING BEGAN WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT
OMAROSA HAS OUTSMARTED HIM.
>> IN ORDER TO SELL A BOOK,
SHE’S COME OUT WITH A SERIES OF
TAPES, AND IN MANY WAYS SEEMS TO
HAVE OUTSMARTED THE PRESIDENT
WHO HAS TAKEN THE BAIT AND GONE
OUT AND TWEETED DIRECTLY AFTER
IT.
IT. >> IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP’S PANIC
THIS MORNING WHEN HIS FRIENDS AT
FOX AND FRIENDS DECLARED OMAROSA
THE WINNER IN HER BATTLE AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. WAS THAT THE MOMENT THAT
CONVINCED DONALD TRUMP THAT HE
HAD TO CHANGE THE STORY OF THE
DAY?
DAY? IS THAT WHY THE PRESIDENT STRUCK
OUT AT JOHN BRENNAN TODAY AND
REMOVED HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE
TODAY, SOMETHING HE COULD HAVE
DONE AT ANY TIME?
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING TODAY
WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT USING THE N WORD.
HERE IS NBC JUST BEFORE THE
BRIEFING STARTED TODAY.
>> THE OTHER BIG QUESTION THAT
WE TRIED TO GET TO IN THIS
BRIEFING ROOM YESTERDAY IS THERE
IN FACT A TAPE IN WHICH
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN HE WAS A
CITIZEN USED THE N WORD.
SARA SANDERS SAYING THAT, LOOK,
SHE WOULD REFER US TO THE
PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT IN WHICH
SHE DENIES IT, BUT SAYING SHE
HASN’T HAD A CHANCE TO ASK HIM
HERSELF.
HERSELF. >> BUT THE BRIEFING WAS NOT
FILLED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S RACISM BECAUSE OF
THE PRESIDENT’S DRAMATIC
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT REMOVING JOHN
BRENNAN’S SECURITY CLEARANCE.
AND SO IS THAT THE END OF IT, OR
DID DONALD TRUMP SIMPLY GET ONE
DAY OFF FROM OMAROSA’S
ACCUSATIONS.
ACCUSATIONS. OMAROSA IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK
ON TV TOMORROW.
THE STORY SHE HAS CREATED HAS
TRANSCENDED OMAROSA AND HER
BOOK.
BOOK. WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THIS
BREAK, LISTEN TO WHAT DONALD
TRUMP SAID ABOUT BEING BLACK IN
>>> WE DO NOT HAVE A RECORDING OF DONALD TRUMP USING THE N
WORD, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS VIDEO
FROM 43-YEAR-OLD DONALD TRUMP.
IN 1989.
IN 1989. >> I HAVE SAID ON OCCASION, I
WOULD LOVE TO BE A WELL EDUCATED
BLACK BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THEY
HAVE AN IF I WERE TO STARTED TOD
WOULD LOVE TO BE EDUCATED
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THEY WOULD
HAVE AN ADVANTAGE TODAY.
>> JOINING US RIGHT NOW,
FRANKLIN LEONARD, THE FILM
EXECUTIVE AND FOUNDER OF THE
"BLACKLIST" AND JASON JOHNSON IS
BACK WITH US.
THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP IN 1989
SAYS I WOULD LOVE TO BE A WELL
EDUCATED BLACK BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THEY DO HAVE AN ACTUAL ADVANTAGE
TODAY.
TODAY. ANY HINTS OF RACISM IN THAT?
>> LOOK, I SAID FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE
ACCUSTOM TO PRIVILEGE, EQUALITY
FEELS LIKE -- WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE HENCE OF THE BEGINNING
OF PROGRESS TOWARDS EQUALITY AND
1989 AND 2018 WE HEAR THE
NARRATIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
AND ANIMATED THE ENTIRE WHITE
SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. LOOK, I AM HAPPY TO BE WHERE I
WOULD IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP WOULD
CONSIDER A WELL-EDUCATED BLACK.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACKUP
THAT CLAIM.
THAT CLAIM. BEING A WELL-EDUCATED BLACK
MEANING A COLLEGE GRADUATE
ROUGHLY EQUATES OF MEDIAN INCOME
IF YOU ARE WHITE.
THIS INTERVIEW CAME LATE 1989
WHICH WAS ROUGHLY
CONTEMPORANEOUS OF TRUMP’S
COMMENT.
COMMENT. AT THE SAME TIME HE WOULD RATHER
BE A WELL-EDUCATED BLACK AND
HE’S CALLING PUNISHMENT FOR
BLACK MEN WHO WERE INNOCENT OF
THE CRIME AND WE KNOW THAT NOW.
>> PROFESSOR JASON JOHNSON, I
THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU
AND FRANKLIN LEONARD.
LISTEN TO WHAT JOHN O’DONNEL WHO
WORKS FOR DONALD TRUMP WHAT HE
WROTE IN HIS BOOK CALLED "ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP," THIS IS ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP’S OWN ATTITUDE
TOWARDS EDUCATED BLACK MEN
WORKING IN HIS BUSINESS.
THERE IS A PASSAGE IN THE BOOK
WHERE O’DONNEL WRITES, "BLACK
GUYS COUNTING MY MONEY, I HATE
IT.
IT. I THINK THE GUY IS LAZY AND IT
IS NOT HIS FAULT BECAUSE
LAZINESS IS A TRAIT IN BLACK."
>> THAT’S HOW A BLACK ACCOUNTANT
WAS TREATED.
WAS TREATED. >> HERE IS THE THING OF DONALD
TRUMP, IT IS NOT JUST THAT HE’S
RACIST, IT IS THAT HE’S EVEN
MORE RACIST THAN PEOPLE THAT WE
KNOW ARE RACIST.
HE GOT SUED BY THE NIXON
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. NIXON CAME UP WITH THE SOUTHERN
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. HE PICKED JEFF SESSIONS TO BE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF SESSIONS
WAS TOO RACIST FOR REPUBLICANS
30 YEARS AGO.
WELL, IN HIS EXPLANATION, WELL I
HAVE NOT SAID THESE WORDS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DON’T
NEED A TAPE TO KNOW THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS RACIST.
I WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., I
DIPLOMAT HEAR ANYBODY SAYS THE
"N" WORD BUT I AM HURSURE THOSE
GUYS ARE RACIST.
THE IDEA THAT HE CAN HIDE BEHIND
THIS AND MAKES A DISTINCTION OF
EDUCATED OR NON EDUCATED BLACK
PEOPLE ARE WHY.
>> FRANKLIN KNOWS HIM VERY WELL
AND SAID TO ME TODAY THAT NO
DOUBT THAT DONALD TRUMP PULLS
HIS MOVE ON JOHN BRENNAN TODAY
TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT FROM
OMAROSA AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
QUESTIONS TODAY WERE NOT ABOUT
IS THERE A RECORDING OF DONALD
TRUMP USING THE "N" WORD.
>> OF COURSE, HE DID.
THIS IS TIME AND TIME AS WE SEE
SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SOMETHING HAPPENS. THEY HAVE IT ON FILE NOW AND
READY TO GO AND UNDATED AND
READY TO RELEASE AND I AM SURE
WE’LL SEE IT MORE TIME.
>> IT WAS DATED JULY 26th, WE
ACTUALLY SEE ON THE DOCUMENT
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING WITH
THIS SINCE JULY 26th, WAITING
FOR THE DAY THEY NEEDED TO BLOCK
SOMETHING AND FRANKLIN, IT SEEMS
THAT OMAROSA WAS WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO BLOCK THE MOST.
>> THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE
INCOMPETENCE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, ON SOME LEVELS