Trump in 2009: 'All Men Are Created Equal' is 'a Very Confusing Phrase'

[DonViejo]

by David Bixenspan | 12:16 pm, January 17th, 2017

On Monday, presumably owing to it being Martin Luther King Day as well as four days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, New York Times contributor Deborah Solomon dug up the original transcript of a 2009 interview that she conducted with the president elect. In going through her notes, Solomon found an interesting passage that had been edited in the published article, and decided to tweet it out to her followers:

Deborah Solomon
@deborahsolo

Found a transcript of my '09 talk w/Trump for the @NYTimes. He says he doesn't get why "all men are created equal."

12:36 PM - 16 Jan 2017
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If you can’t see the image, here’s what it says:

Donald: Either they don’t have the energy, maybe they realize they don’t nave the talent. It’s not just wanting to be a champion, you need certain ingredients. They say all men are created equal. It doesn’t get any more famous but, is it really true?

Deborah: what do you think? Donald: It’s not true. Some people are born very smart, some people are born not so smart. Some people are born very beautiful and some people are not so you can’t say they’re all created equal.

Deborah: they’re entitled to equal treatment under the law. I think that’s what the statement means. It doesn’t mean everybody has the same endowments.

Donald: That’s correct. The phrase is used often so much and it’s a very confusing phrase to a lot of people.

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[dalton99a]

1. Some are shitty businessmen who had to go bankrupt four times

and had to turn to crime and prostituting for Vladimir

[Gothmog]

2. Trump believes that he is superior to everyone else in the world other than putin

Equality under the law is not a concept that he is capable of understanding

[gwheezie]

3. How could it possibly be confusing

If you have a normally functioning thought process how could this befuddle someone.

[erpowers]

4. Used During the Campaign

This information should have been used during the campaign. Anyone who says what Donald Trump said in that exchange should not be elected President of the United States.

[onecaliberal]

5. And some people are to selfish evil and greedy to be concerned wth anyone but themselves.

[unblock]

6. it is indeed a very confusing; indeed, nonsensical phrase

if you're a white supremacist.

[TeamPooka]

7. Trump must be metally retarded. nt

[bdamomma]

10. He is a pathological Liar

and is suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-wagner/trump-and-narcissistic-pe_b_11289332.html

[Charles Bukowski]

8. Trump's greatest talent: being Fred Trump's son.

He's a total mediocrity without the old man.

Shithead isn't even a good con - - good con men are skillful liars, whereas Trump trips over his own lies sometimes mid-sentence. He was the laughingstock of the New York business world for a reason.

Trump's a dumb racist with a high Q rating. That's the only reason for his appeal. Hardly a talent.

[Angry Dragon]

9. Trump is just Hugely confused