Dana White Argues Trump Isn't Racist Because He Was Pals With Michael Jackson: Pop Star Was Around His Kids All the Time'

Dana White said critics calling Donald Trump a racist do not understand the situation. White pointed to Trump’s relationship with Michael Jackson, describing it as great and noting that Jackson was around Trump’s children and family often. White said Trump defended Jackson during controversies involving Jackson’s conduct. White acknowledged that Jackson was flawed and asked whether Jackson was abusive to children, while Remnick said Jackson was abusive based on what is known. Jackson faced allegations of sexual abuse of multiple children, was acquitted in 2005, and White argued that calling Trump a racist was “crazy.” White also addressed Trump’s posting of a video depicting Barack Obama as an ape.

"“These things that he's a racist and he's a Nazi and he's this and that I mean, Donald Trump, all this stuff's coming out now,” White said. “You know, the Michael movie just came out, and you see all these videos now popping up of Trump defending Michael Jackson and the type of person that he was and that Michael Jackson was around his children and around his family a lot.”"

"Remnick raised his hands in disbelief at that example. But wait a minute, Dana! Michael Jackson as talented as he was, as brilliant as he was was a deeply, deeply flawed human being, to say the least, Remnick said. And was abusive [from] everything we know about him. White said there was no doubt the King of Pop was flawed, before asking he was abusive? To kids, yes. It's terrible, Remnick said."

"“I don't know if that's true, but I can tell you the president had a very good relationship with Michael Jackson and had Michael Jackson around his kids all the time,” White responded. “And you know, defended him when that stuff was going down. So to call the guy a racist is crazy. He's not a racist.”"

"Remnick said he didn't want to push the topic too much more, but he asked White if he got the willies from Trump posting a video depictinng ex-President Barack Obama as an ape earlier this year. If he was that type of person, I never would associate with that type of a person, no matter who he was, White said. “But if he does that, how is he not”"

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