He also repeatedly asked the woman, a U. S. intelligence analyst, where her “people” are from.
There are two things that seem to accompany President Donald Trump in the Oval Office more than any other these days: Diet Coke and racism.
The second of those two has earned a spot atop the list in light of his comments about “shithole” countries during a meeting in the prestigious office Thursday –and in a new NBC report Friday that describes a startling conversation the president had with a female intelligence analyst there after a White House briefing.
It’s a doozy, and it’s worth reading NBC’s full account of the exchange:
“Where are you from?” the president asked, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the exchange.
New York, she replied.
Trump was unsatisfied and asked again, the officials said. Referring to the president’s hometown, she offered that she, too, was from Manhattan.
