NFL owner and Trump ambassador to UK sparks watchdog inquiry over allegations of racist and sexist remarks and push to promote Trump business
New York Jets co-owner Robert “Woody” Johnson got to branch out from his NFL world in 2017 when President Donald Trump picked him to be his ambassador to the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, a New York Times story said Trump asked Johnson to “see if the British government could help steer” the British Open to his Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland. Woody Johnson allegedly made several troubling commentsCNN reported Johnson “made racist generalizations about Black men and questioned why the Black community celebrates Black History Month.” CNN said that information came from three sources and a diplomat familiar with the complaints to the State Department inspector general. Ahead of an event for Black History Month, CNN reported that Johnson “appeared agitated” and asked if the audience would be"a whole bunch of Black people.
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