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Trump and the N Word

It’s not the word that matters—it’s the sentiment.
Source: Evan Vucci / AP

Omarosa Manigault-Newman has provided recordings on which nervous aides discuss how to cover for something hideous they believe Donald Trump has uttered.

And we hardly need question whether the N word is the one at issue. What would that hideous utterance have been if not the word currently treated as the most taboo in the English language? In of , Rob and Laura Petrie are chilled that their son Richie had used a “bad word,” which the script must leave unspoken given the public standards of the. In 2018, the word those aides are so worried about is just as clearly .

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