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Trump brags about new 'Crypto President' sneakers

Donald Trump touted a new range of branded sneakers Wednesday — and was immediately criticized on X.

The shoes, which include the logo "Trump - Crypto President," had been debuted at a Bitcoin conference last weekend.

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MSNBC reporter says 'stunned' audience of Black journalists were 'gasping' at Trump

MSNBC news reporter Yamiche Alcindor was in the room for the National Association of Black Journalists question-and-answer session with Donald Trump and reported that even among political experts, people were "gasping" at his comments.

Speaking to Nicolle Wallace for "Deadline: White House" Wednesday, Alcindor called it "remarkable" and "something to behold."

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Trump attacked Black journalists and reminded America 'exactly who he is': Harris campaign

Kamala Harris' campaign blasted Donald Trump over his "tirade" at a National Association of Black Journalists event on Wednesday, saying the former president showed America "exactly who he is."

Michael Tyler, communications director for Harris for President, said Trump showed his "hostility" on stage in Chicago, and called it the "same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, and throughout his campaign for president as he seeks to regain power and inflict his harmful Project 2025 agenda on the American people."

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'Bombed': Critics say 'racist' Trump 'destroyed himself' at NABJ event

Donald Trump "bombed" during a question-and-answer session with the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, according to those who watched the event unfold in person and online.

Trump has struggled to gain the media's favor since the Republican National Convention as running mate J.D. Vance became the topic of conversation among political analysts on cable news. Meanwhile, with President Joe Biden stepping down from the Democratic ticket, enthusiasm has boomed for Vice President Kamala Harris.

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MAGA reacts to Black convention moderators' 'hostile words' for Trump

Former President Donald Trump's interview at the National Association of Black Journalists went off the rails almost immediately, with the former president calling the Black reporters' opening questions "horrible" and "nasty," questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' race, and wilting under questioning on a number of issues ranging from his running mate's comments about women to his stance on police immunity.

Even right-wing commentators and networks were at a loss to try to prop the former president up as the spectacle unfolded — with Fox News struggling to find its footing in real time.

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'Absolute dumpster fire': Trump's interview with Black journalists shocks Fox News pundit

Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of turning a conversation with Black journalists into a "dumpster fire."

At the National Association of Black Journalists conference on Wednesday, Trump began by calling ABC News host Rachel Scott's questions "horrible" and "nasty."

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Trump team cuts off Q&A with Black journalists as he gets booed by audience

Donald Trump appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday for what was scheduled to be an hour-long question and answer session, but his team cut off the exchange in a little over 30 minutes.

Fox News host Harris Faulkner attempted to ask a question about Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's controversial plan for Trump's second term in the White House. But ABC News' Rachel Scott cut in.

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'Did you know?' Trump scrambles as Black convention moderator puts him on spot over Vance

Former President Donald Trump was confronted by ABC News' Rachel Scott on the controversial attacks made by his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on childless women — and spent several minutes trying to spin the comments by ranting about families.

"Senator J.D. Vance is your running mate," said Scott. "He's had a lot of controversy lately and I want to read you a few things that he has said in the past. He said the Democrats running the country are 'a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they've made. And so they don't, they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.'"

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'Best in the biz': Black convention moderator's tough Trump grilling earns high praise

ABC News congressional correspondent Rachel Scott earned applause Wednesday for her take-no-prisoners opening question to former President Donald Trump: "Why should Black voters trust you?"

Trump responded to Scott question — prefaced with references to his dinner with a white Supremacists, false accusations that former President Barack Obama was not born in this country, and his descriptions of Black district attorneys as "animals" — with rambling outrage.

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Trump opens Black journalists conference by calling moderator 'horrible' and 'nasty'

Former President Donald Trump clashed with a moderator at a conference for Black journalists on Wednesday.

Moments after sitting down at the National Association of Black Journalists conference, ABC News anchor Rachel Scott asked Trump about his history of insulting the Black community.

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'Is she Black?' Trump questions Kamala Harris' race at Black journalists' convention

Donald Trump questioned his presumed opponent Kamala Harris' race in front of a room of Black journalist Wednesday.

While being questioned at the National Association of Black Journalists event in Chicago he was confronted over allegations from members of the Republican Party that Vice President Kamala Harris was a "DEI hire."

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Watch: Chuck Schumer shreds Trump over latest rants about American Jews

Former President Donald Trump has routinely attacked the majority of American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party -- and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears to have had enough.

Speaking on the floor of the United States Senate on Wednesday, Schumer called out Trump for agreeing with a radio host this week that Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, was a "crappy Jew."

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'He's busy with his makeup': Trump skewered as Black journalists event delayed

Former President Donald Trump's delayed appearance at the National Association of Black Conference Wednesday caused an uproar on social media.

Trump had yet to mount the stage in Chicago as of 2 p.m., an hour after he was slated to field questions from Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner, Semafor reporter Kadia Goba and ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, MSNBC's Katie Phang reported.

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