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    Cohen's book spotlights Trump's Obama obsession and resurfaces 'you're fired' video

    The impression of Donald Trump’s obsession with his predecessor Barack Obama was fueled by a video from 2012 resurfacing this weekend from a parody in which the now-Republican president mocks his Democratic rival.Journalists dug up the clip after Michael Cohen, Trump’s disgraced former fixer, shared a photo of it taken from the film to promote his latest book.In the book, Cohen alleges Trump had “hatred and contempt” for the former president, made racist outbursts, and was guilty of the same crimes that landed his former fixer in prison.“Trump hired a ‘Faux-Bama’ to participate in a video in which Trump ‘ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him’,” Cohen’s book says. The apparent clip Cohen is describing shows Trump in Trump Tower in an office facing an unnamed Black man across a desk. It ends with an Apprentice-style “you’re fired”.The clip is reported to have been looked at for possible inclusion in that year’s Republican convention, when Mitt Romney was nominated for president. More

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    Donald Trump Jr calls Joe Biden 'Loch Ness monster' in Republican convention speech – video

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    Donald Trump Jr has attacked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, calling his father’s rival ‘the Loch Ness monster of the swamp’ and ‘Beijing Biden’. Trump Jr joined girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle in making the case for his father’s reelection on the event’s first of four nights
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    Is the Trump family destroying Donald's presidency from the inside?

    Is the Trump family destroying Donald’s presidency from the inside? Arwa Mahdawi The president’s niece Mary has reportedly written a ‘salacious’ book about him. It seems that no one hates the Trumps as much as they hate each other Donald Trump announces his candidacy for president in 2015 alongside (from left) Eric, Lara, Barron, Melania, […] More

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    All in the Trump family: meet the president’s surrogates and strategists

    Donald Trump The president’s children and their partners play important roles in his re-election campaign, rallying his base and trashing opponents Why Donald Trump’s children are key to his re-election campaign Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Jared Kushner attend a Trump campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on 10 February. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP Photograph: […] More

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    Family values: why Trump's children are key to his re-election campaign

    Family values: why Trump’s children are key to his re-election campaign Amid pandemic and economic collapse, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka and their partners play key roles in a fierce fight for survival Meet the president’s surrogates and strategists Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump and Eric Trump, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald […] More

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    Trump sons provoke outrage with baseless attacks on Biden and lockdown

    Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, the US president’s oldest sons, have attracted fierce criticism for attacking Joe Biden and Democrats in terms most observers considered beyond the pale even in America’s current toxic political climate. Trump Jr posted to Instagram a meme which baselessly insinuated that Biden, his father’s probable opponent at the polls […] More