Did Donald Trump really praise Diddy and even defend him? Actually… yes.
Perhaps the disgraced former president should worry less about Taylor Swift Endorsements and more about your own.
Following on from Diddy’s accusation sharing the horrific details of their alleged crimes, majority are distancing themselves from the rapper.
Now, as a fake photo purporting to place Vice President Harris at one of Diddy’s parties continues to circulate, Trump himself real comments are circulating. Don’t take our word for it: there’s a video!
Is the rumor true? Did Donald Trump really defend Diddy?
Let’s take a step back for a second:
Just weeks before the election, the disgraced former president posted a fraudulent photograph which appeared to show Vice President Kamala Harris at a Diddy party decades ago. He posted it on his own social media site.
The original photo showed Montel Williamswhich is remarkably no on trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Diddy is. Trump’s intentions, to the extent that anyone with his mental capacities is capable of actually intending anything at this point, are obvious.
Trump appears alongside Diddy in several photos. Social media commentators have cited him as in more photos with Diddy than with his own terrible son, Eric Trump. That may be an exaggeration.
Considering Trump defended Diddy — in real life, not in Photoshop — this smear attempt was especially foolish.
It happened in NBC’s worst mistake, The Apprentice. This was on a 2012 episode of the reality show.
“I love Diddy,” Donald Trump announced on the episode. “I think he’s a great guy. I’ll defend him.” Truly, water always finds its own level.
When Donald Trump defended Diddy, what was he talking about?
The context of Trump defending Diddy is important. It’s not crucial — because it’s mostly a rebuttal to his attempt to smear Vice President Kamala Harris by fabricating murky ties to Diddy.
Donald Trump, who is a convicted criminal he himself was not referring to Diddy’s current accusations.
Instead, he was talking about a vague suggestion of The Apprentice contestant Aubrey O’Day that Diddy, her former employer, may not have been a good person.
Trump made these comments in the first episode of the twelfth season of The Apprentice.
This deeply strange series ran from 2004 to 2017. Many Americans were unaware of its existence until he launched his then-ridiculous political campaign in 2015.
NBC, the same network that employed Matt Lauer for years, certainly made some choices in giving Donald Trump such a platform. The show hasn’t aged well — but then, neither have Trump’s comments about Diddy.
Does association with a notorious criminal reflect on the politician’s image?
Maybe. There are certainly pictures of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein with various politicians.
Why? Because a tremendous amount of what any politician does is spend time posing for pictures with donors, celebrities, or just other people at parties. They also shake hands until they hurt, kiss babies, and go on talk shows.
Does it matter that Trump defended Diddy? Maybe. It probably matters more that Trump has a history of bragging about sexual assault and being held accountable for it in court. And it probably matters more that his intended policies would clearly make the United States a safer place for sexual predators than for survivors and potential victims.
Defending Diddy was an expression of Trump’s poor judgment and probably not a intentional expression of solidarity with a fellow monster.