Here's the video. This was a subplot in 2012 that was pretty well known, but since Trump was just Trump-the-TV-guy at the time, it's understandable that people missed it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFPm857tJA …
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I haven't read Cohen's book, but either he or the person who tweeted the summary above clearly misrepresents a scenario in which Trump was trying to get attention by applying his "Apprentice" shtick to Obama.
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For those skeptical that it was widely covered, the video apparently aired on the Today show, per this contemporaneous article.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/the-donalds-video-should-have-trumped-eastwood/2012/09/18/28c315c6-01df-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_blog.html …
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No, journalists won’t discuss things not new.
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Perhaps if it was widely reported at the time? It wasn't.
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Actually, it was.
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I’m guessing there was a pretty pretty good reason it wasn’t aired ...pic.twitter.com/pRJApJ0Uil
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