In a memoir to be released this week, Trump's former lawyer accused the president of making racist comments about black leaders.
President Donald Trump during a press conference in James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on August 23, 2020 in Washington, DC.JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling party on Tuesday condemned"disparaging remarks" attributed to US President Donald Trump about the country's late first black president Nelson Mandela.
The alleged racism was reported by The Washington Post over the weekend after it obtained a copy of the book ahead of publication.According to the Post, Cohen quotes Trump saying he did not consider Mandela a"real leader" and praising white-minority rule in apartheid South Africa. "All freedom-loving people of the world are appalled by these insults... from a person who, himself, is not a model of competent leadership," the ANC said in a statement.
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