Tom Arnold said that President Donald Trump is “racist” and went after his supporters in a rambling rant Thursday during an event to promote his new show “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold.”
The series will center around Arnold’s search for the outtakes and footage that is rumored to exist from Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” days — Arnold claims to have seen it and that could be potentially damaging to the president.
“Donald Trump … I’m going to do this until he resigns,” the 59-year-old actor explained while promoting his upcoming show on Viceland, according to Fox News.“He is a crazy person.”
Executive Producer/SVP Development, Viceland Nomi Ernst Leidner, Tom Arnold and Executive Producer Jonathan Karsh discuss ‘The Hunt For The Trump Tapes’ onstage during The 2018 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour on July 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for A+E Networks )
“He is putting our country on the precipice of a war,” he added. ” I am working on this show right now with people who are much more talented and much more connected than I am … I am, for some reason, in a position to do something, and it’s working.”
“I am going to continue to do this until that guy resigns and the world is a little bit safer and it happens,” he continued.
At one point, the “True Lies” star said the president was “racist” and had taken a stand against the national anthem protests at NFL games because “he doesn’t like black guys.”
He then turned his focus on his ex-wife Roseanne Barr and called her tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett racist, before slamming the “forty percent” that stand by the president, “f**k them.”
“I think white people are p—ies because it’s always about making them feel better,” Arnold explained, according to USA Today. “When [ex-wife] Roseanne [Barr] did the monkey thing with Valerie Jarrett … I was just like ‘wait, whoa, that is racist. And there are black kids that have to deal with that every single day.’ I think because of Trump, one good thing is it’s time to F that.”
“Fifty percent of the country knows he’s racist,” he added. “Hearing the N-word, I think we’re going to have to do that, too. Black people know he’s racist, I know he’s racist, but there are some people that are like, even after they hear it, they’re going to be like, ‘Yeah, but that’s a one-time thing.’ Well, how about five times? ‘Well, that’s just five-time thing. Everybody does that’ … It’s all bull (expletive).”
“The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold” hits the air September 18 on Viceland.
