‘The Optics Make Me Sick’: Donald Trump Sparks Controversy After Rambling About His ‘Beautiful White Skin;’ Sharpton Accuses Him of Sending Smoke Signals to Racists

Former President Donald Trump stirred yet another racial controversy on the campaign trail late last week, bragging about his “beautiful white skin” after he had just finished criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Warren, Michigan. During his rambling speech, Trump made the controversial remark after taking aim at Harris’ plan to raise taxes on billionaires to boost the middle class. Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participates in a town hall at the Crown Center Arena October 4, 2024 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) “She wants to tax companies,” Trump told his cheering supporters. “You know what happens when you tax them? They leave. A lot of these big companies, you know, they’re run by inter—they live in Switzerland. They have very glamorous lives. They have the life that I could’ve had if I decided not to do this, actually,” he said, referring to his third White House run. Adding, “Somebody said to me, ‘Are you glad you did it?’ I said, ‘Absolutely, but I could’ve been on the best beaches in the world. I own the best beaches in the world,’” he bragged. Living up to his reputation for perpetuating...