Video Lacks Context Displaying Trump Asking if Viewers Most well-liked Black or White President

A video circulating on-line in October 2024 confirmed former U.S. President Donald Trump chatting with an viewers and asking, “Would you fairly have the Black president or the white president who obtained $1.7 billion off the value? I feel they need the white man proper now.”

For instance, on Oct. 10, 2024, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign shared the 13-second clip on the @kamalahq fast response account on TikTok (archived). The onscreen caption featured a truncated model of what Trump mentioned, studying, “Would you fairly have the Black president or the white president? I feel they need the white man.” The put up obtained round 10 million views in simply 24 hours. It included no particulars about the place or when Trump made the comment, and as a substitute solely displayed the textual content caption, “Let’s flip the web page.”

The marketing campaign additionally shared the identical video and captions on Instagram on the identical day (archived), and on Facebook (archived) with the textual content caption, “Wow.”

Nonetheless, Trump didn’t outright say, because the Harris marketing campaign’s onscreen caption learn, “Would you fairly have the Black president or the white president? I feel they need the white man.” The temporary video lacked some context from a narrative Trump informed seconds earlier than. Additionally, the setting of the speech was in entrance of a Black conservative group. Additional, as of October, the clip was months outdated and didn’t immediately reference Harris. On the time Trump made the remark, President Joe Biden was nonetheless searching for reelection.

The Context of Trump’s Phrases

Trump initially delivered the comment throughout a speech on the Black Conservative Federation (BCF) Honors Gala. The BCF website describes the group as “the premier hub for Black conservatives all through the nation.” The event occurred on the Columbia Metropolitan Conference Middle in Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 23, 2024.

Whereas telling a narrative about Air Pressure One and the decision signal for when a U.S. president is aboard the plane, Trump referenced its age and in addition former President Barack Obama, telling the BCF viewers, “I like this nice gear. Though the aircraft’s 32 years outdated, I ordered new ones, and I saved $1.7 billion from what Obama was keen to pay. I’ve to inform you, [he’s a] Black president, however I obtained $1.7 billion much less. Would you fairly have the Black president or the white president who obtained $1.7 billion off the value? I feel they need the white man proper now. Bought $1.7 billion off the value.”

On the identical day as Trump’s speech, the @kamalahq account on X — beforehand named @bidenhq — posted (archived) the identical 13-second clip, solely captioning it with the truncated quote, “Trump: Would you fairly have the Black president or the white president? I feel they need the white man.”

The feedback start on the 3:32:58 mark on this full speech video from Proper Facet Broadcasting Community on YouTube:

In 2023, CNN reported Boeing misplaced $1 billion on every of the 2 747 jets the plane producer agreed to retrofit for future presidential flights, following a fixed-price deal made with Trump in 2018.

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