'I've done a tremendous amount for the Black community...And, honestly, I'm not feeling any love,' President Trump told Bob Woodward, according to excerpts from interviews conducted by the journalist and posted on The Washington Post's website.
President Donald Trump told the journalist Bob Woodward that he does not believe that because of his privileged upbringing he has a responsibility to understand the"anger and pain" felt by Black Americans, according to a new book by Woodward.,"Rage," on Wednesday and posted audio clips on its website.
The book, set for release on Tuesday, is based in part on 18 on-the-record interviews Woodward conducted with Trump from December to July. During a conversation on June 19, Woodward, whose father was a lawyer and judge in Illinois, pointed out that he and Trump were white and privileged, and asked if that affected his thinking.
"Do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave to a certain extent, as it put me and I think lots of white privileged people in a cave and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly, Black people feel in this country?" Woodward asked.
"No," Trump responded."You really drank the Kool-Aid, didn't you? Just listen to you. Wow. No, I don't feel that at all."
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