Trump suggested games' black vs white & # 39; in The Apprentice

Donald Trump wanted to pit an all-black team against an all-white team to improve the results of his NBC program L & # 39; s apprentice.

The president launched the idea of ​​a racial divide in the fourth season of the reality show after the shock of the radio, Howard Stern, according to an interview discovered in 2005.

"It would be nine blacks against nine whites, all very educated, intelligent, strong and beautiful, right? How do you like it? ", Can we hear ask the host.

"Yes," Mr. Stern replied. "Do you like that?" Asked Mr. Trump, co-host of Afro-American radio Robin Quivers. "I think you're going to have a riot," she says.

Although Mr. Stern suggested to Mr. Trump that "to a certain extent, this is wrong," the star and producer of the TV series insisted that he could make it work.

"I think it would be very well managed by me," said the future president.

"Because, as you know, I am very diplomatic."

NBC leaders finally rejected the concept of black and white, one of them saying, "I do not think so," according to The New York Times, who re-examined the entire incident after an audio clip of The Howard Stern show maintenance resurfaced online.

This happens while the president receives more criticism for having submitted four women of color in Congress to a series of racist tweets. Trump doubled his attacks on Sunday, saying, "I did not think the four women parliamentarians were able to love our country."

If some of Mr. Trump's African-American allies have tried to defend him in recent days, other former badociates – including former alumniApprentice stars – have spoken.

"Let's be clear: Donald Trump is a disgusting, dirty and petty racist and he's trying to spark a racial war in this country. What we saw this week is just the beginning, "said Omarosa Manigault Newman, former rival of L & # 39; s apprentice who worked briefly at the White House, said The New York Times.

Randall Pinkett, who won the fourth season of the business-themed show before Mr. Trump suggested sharing the prize with a white competitor, told the newspaper, "I would describe him as being racist. Not even racist – racist. "

Elijah Cummings, Democratic Chair of the House of Representatives' Monitoring Committee, denounced Trump's latest attacks on the so-called "team" of liberal women in Congress by declaring that he "had no doubt "about the fact that the president was a racist.

"They are people and women who love their country and who work very hard. They want to bring us to the more perfect union that our founding fathers talked about, "said Mr. Cummings.

Senator Cory Booker, who wishes to be a candidate in the Democratic presidential election, felt that Mr. Trump was "worse than a racist" on Sunday. "He actually uses racist tropes and racial language for political reasons."