Trevor Noah breaks down Trump's weak defense of those racist tweets

"Frustration doesn't make you racist."
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Trevor Noah breaks down Trump's weak defense of those racist tweets
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Somewhat predictably, Donald Trump has defended his recent slew of racist tweets by saying that they weren't actually racist after all. "I don't have a Racist bone in my body!" he tweeted on Tuesday.

Needless to say, not everyone was convinced. On Tuesday night's edition of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah broke down Trump's weak defence -- including his shouty assertion that anyone not happy in America "can leave".

"Wow," said Noah. "If you're not happy in America, you can leave. You know what's interesting, right? Trump says that now, but when he was running for president, his entire message was, 'America's failing, this country's not what it used to be, China's beating us.'

"Instead of complaining, why didn't he just leave?"

After he'd finished tearing down Trump, Noah turned his attention to the Republicans defending him -- including the ones who said he wasn't racist, but simply "frustrated".

"Frustration doesn't make you racist," responded Noah. "If anything it just lets your racism slip out."

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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