Donald Trump is adamant on his comment doubting Kamala Harris’ ethnicity between Black and Indian though his campaign might have suffered from the remark that he first made in Chicago. Trump said he was not sure whether Kamala Harris was Indian or Black because before ‘turning’ Black, Kamala Harris emphasized on his Indian roots.
The New York Times has detailed the inside stories of the “worst three weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign” — how it unraveled, how Donald saw it etc.
Donors at dinner: Trump said ‘I am who I am’
There was a dinner at Bridgehampton, home of Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive attended by 130 people including Bill Ackman. The NYT report citing insiders said Donald Trump himself brought up his remark of Kamala Harris Black or Indian and said: ‘I think I was right”.
Then he was asked about his plan to take the narrative back from Democrats. “I am who I am,” Trump said.
People around Donald Trump told the NYT that Trump grew comfortable campaigning against Biden. And the change from Biden to a woman 20 years younger than him has been disorienting for Trump.
Trump has been in a foul mood
The report said Trump has been in a foul mood the fast few weeks. He has ranted about Ms. Harris. He has called her “nasty,” on “Fox & Friends,” and a “bitch,” repeatedly, in private, according to two people who heard the remark on different occasions, NYT reported. Trump campaign spokesperson denied and said Trump never used that language.
Trump also shot off angry text messages to one of his wealthiest donors, Miriam Adelson, the widow of casino magnet Sheldon Adelson. “Mr. Trump dismissed out of hand donors’ suggestions that he replace Mr. Vance on the ticket. But Mr. Trump privately asked his advisers whether they had known about Mr. Vance’s comments about childless women before Mr. Trump chose him,” the report said.
He also said the ‘weird’ slogan by the Democrats against Republicans were not about him. “They’re saying that about JD”.