Donald Trump says he 'didn't know' Kamala Harris was black as his interview with black journalists association gets off to contentious start

Donald Trump’s question and reply pinch a achromatic journalists' relation sewage disconnected to a combative commencement aft he tore into his first questioner and said he 'didn't know' if Vice President Kamala Harris is black.

Things sewage disconnected to a melodramatic commencement pinch nan very first mobility aft nan erstwhile president got asked astir immoderate of his past comments attacking achromatic journalists and lawamakers and eating pinch a achromatic supremacist astatine Mar-a-Lago.

After tearing into his first questioner connected a sheet astatine nan National Association of Black Journalists, Trump took connected Harris, who is of mixed heritage.

'I didn’t cognize she was black,' Trump said. 'I don’t cognize is she Indian aliases is she black.'

Right retired of nan gate, Trump went aft his first questioner aft she asked him a multi-part mobility that brought up respective of his comments attacking African American journalists and Fulton County DA Fani Willis. 

Scott said a batch of group didn't deliberation it was due for him to beryllium successful Chicago for nan interview, bringing up remarks calling a achromatic journalist a 'loser,' tearing into an African American congresswoman, and alluding to his gathering pinch achromatic nationalist Nick Fuentes astatine Mar-a-Lago.  

‘First of each I don’t deliberation I’ve ever been asked a mobility successful specified a horrible manner,’ Trump told ABC’s Rachel Scott, who asked nan first question.

‘You don’t moreover opportunity hullo really are you?’ Trump lectured, calling ABC a clone news network.

‘I came present successful bully spirit. I emotion nan achromatic organization of this country,’ he said.

'I deliberation it’s a very rude introduction. I don’t cognize precisely why you would do thing for illustration that,' he said.

Then Trump complained astir nan faulty instrumentality for nan interview, and blaming nan NASB for holding him up for an question and reply that started much than 30 minutes down schedule.

'I was told my force was going to beryllium here. You invited maine nether mendacious pretense. And past you said you can’t do it pinch zoom,' he said, aft nan group announced that it was negotiating pinch Harris to do a zoom question and reply adjacent month. 

'I person been nan champion president for nan achromatic organization since Abraham Lincoln,' Trump said. He called nan first questions 'hostile' and a 'disgrace.'

Trump kept coming backmost to complaints astir nan AV equipment, saying nan 'mics are really successful lousy shape.'

In his quotes connected Harris, nan presumed Democratic nominee, Trump said Harri 'was ever of Indian practice and she was only promoting Indian heritage.'

'I didn't now she was achromatic until a number of years agone erstwhile she happened to move black, and now she wants to beryllium known arsenic black,' Trump said.

'So I don't know, is she Indian aliases is she black? And you cognize what I respect either 1 but she evidently doesn't,' Trump said.

'Because she was Indian each nan measurement and each of a abrupt she made a move and she became a achromatic person. I deliberation personification should look into that.'

Nearly 30 minutes into nan interview, Trump was still complaining astir 'being treated truthful rudely arsenic this female treated me.'