For the first time in a fairly long while, Donald Trump actually urged people to look into his past. Ironically, his latest accusations of racism prompted him to take a step back — not to self-reflect or question how he got here, but to cast himself as the victim. He posted a video montage featuring Diddy and various Black celebrities he has been photographed with over the years, captioned: “How quickly they forget.”
The stunt was met with near-universal mockery online. One Instagram user sarcastically commented, “Well, I guess that clears everything up then,” while another added, “A lot of pics with Epstein too but apparently you hated him… funny how that works.” In this day and age, the idea that having Black acquaintances somehow immunizes someone from racism is embarrassingly outdated.
