President Trump declared “I don’t think I’d want to be a terrorist right now” while discussing militants who fatally attacked four US soldiers in Niger, according to a tape of the talk made by Omarosa Manigault Newman.
In the recording released Monday by the former White House aide and “Apprentice” contestant, the president begins his October 2017 comments by attempting to explain how his success on terrorism caused foreign fighters to relocate to Africa.
“But what happens is now they flee and they flee to Africa. And they flee to Niger and countries around there,” Trump said in the audio aired on MSNBC.
“And that’s how these young people get attacked. And they got attacked by 50 real fighters,” Trump said about the 12 Army special operations soldiers who were ambushed by 50 militants.
“So it’s a rough business. I wouldn’t — I don’t think I’d want to be a terrorist right now,” Trump digressed as the room erupted into nervous laughter. “It’s not a good life.”
Manigault Newman said the tape was proof that the president was unfit and detached from reality.
“Here it is, Donald Trump raw showing you just how unhinged and inappropriate he is, talking to junior staffers about something so serious,” she said.