6 Shocking Donald Trump Scandals

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has had many dangerous scandals in the past. Will his shocking, outrageous behavior keep him from winning the election? Find out now!

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6: Racism

Some of the statements Trump made during his presidential campaign launch have been described as overtly racist. He expressed an intention to build a ‘great wall’ along the US – Mexican border. He believed that building the wall would reduce the number of illegal immigrants into the United States. ‘When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people.’

5: Sexism & Sexual Assault

Donald Trump has never made any consistent efforts to hide his sexism, as was seen in the leaked hot mic scandal. A video recording of a 2005 conversation between him and Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush has recently been released. The leaked hot mic conversation takes place off camera and the statements that he makes would severely damage his presidential campaign. It cost him the support of several Republican politicians. Aside from expressing the lack of a moral dilemma in his pursuit of a married woman, Trump also states in his trump tape scandal that fame had enabled him to conduct himself however he wanted around women. ‘I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…Grab ‘em by the pussy. You can do it anything.’

4: Tenant Intimidation

In 1981, Donald Trump acquired a building on Central Park South for $13 million with the intention of tearing it down and building a luxury apartment complex that would face Central Park. Before he could do any of that, he had to evict the tenants that were already living in the 15-story building and paying rent below market level. State laws limited how much their rent would be increased and guaranteed

3: Undocumented Workers

Before construction on Trump Tower could begin, the Bonwit Teller store, an Art Deco edifice which was widely appreciated for its architecture, had to be demolished. The 200 undocumented Polish workers that were hired for the job were paid the substandard wage of $5 per hour for backbreaking work. Sometimes they were not paid at all. Despite Trump’s claim of being unaware of the situation, in 1991, a federal judge found him and other defendants guilty of avoiding to pay union pension and welfare contributions for the workers. This situation seems to contradict the iron-clad position on illegal immigration expressed by Trump in many of his 2016 campaign speeches.

2: The Trump University

Trump University started with online courses that would supposedly give its students the secrets behind successful real estate development. It quickly evolved into live-seminars that boasted about teaching people ‘how to get rich’. Although the initial three days seminars were free, many students were persuaded to take ‘mentorship classes’ for which they would pay up to $35,000. They were even encouraged to go into debt in order to pay for the Elite programs. Students were told that the instructors had been personally selected by Donald Trump and that the businessman himself would make appearances.

1: Mafia Ties

In the 80’s most of the concrete businesses in New York were controlled by organized crime. Many would argue that a man in Trump’s position, involved in construction and the casino business, would inevitably brush shoulders with members of such organizations. ‘In the meantime, I was a builder. I was never going to run for office.… I’d go by the lowest bid and I’d go by their track record, but I didn’t do a personal history of who they are’ he said. Although Trump has denied being deliberately involved with the Mafia, the evidence gathered from investigative journalists and through testimonies seems to dictate the opposite. Kenneth Shapiro was the partial owner of a site in Atlantic City, who Trump negotiated with when he was planning to build his first casino. Law enforcement described Shapiro as being an agent of Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo. Shapiro testified in front of a federal grand jury to giving the then Atlantic City mayor, Michael J. Matthews political contributions on Trump’s behalf. These contributions were