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| Equinox and Soul Cycle founder Stephen Ross, left, hosted a fundraiser for Donald Trump in the Hamptons. |
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Donald Trump is facing backlash for mocking South Korean and Japanese officials with faux Asian accents on Friday.
At fundraising events in the Hamptons for his 2020 campaign, Trump mocked South Korean leader Moon Jae-in’s accent when “describing how he caved in to Trump’s tough negotiations,” the New York Post wrote. He also imitated Shinzo Abe with a fake Japanese accent when discussing their conversations over trade tariffs.
According to the Rolling Stone, Trump “wasn’t done being politically incorrect or offensive.” He continued to speak about his fascination with Abe’s father, who was a kamikaze pilot. He asked Abe if the pilots inebriated or drugged — Abe said no, they just love their country.
“Imagine they get in a plane with half a tank of gas and fly into steel ships just for the love of their country!” said Trump to what appears to be an all-White audience.
This wasn’t the first time Trump came under fire for mimicking Asian accents. In February, Twitter users accused him of imitating a Chinese accent when speaking about Xi Jinping’s policies on drugs in China.
“Death penalty. We give death penalty to people that sell drugs. End of problem,” Trump said as an impression of Xi.
The president has also mocked Asian reporters before. In November 2018, a reporter with an accent asked him about the economy after the midterm elections, according to the Huffington Post.
Trump interrupted, “Where are you from?”
When the reporter responded “Japan,” Trump said “Say hello to Shinzo for me.”
The reporter continued to ask the question, but Trump said, “I don’t understand you.”
In a few other incidents, Trump has also said, “I don’t understand you” to Lebanese and Muslim reporters, wrote the Huffington Post.
Even before his presidency, Trump mocked Asians with a broken English accent at a campaign rally, according to the Daily News. He said that during his negotiations with Japan and China, instead of being amicable and asking about the weather, the Asian officials just bellowed, “We want deal!”
Trump continues to respond to the media attacks on him as “fake news,” saying that the claims of Democrats calling him a racist is “the only ammunition they have.”
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