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Singer John Legend’s far off comments on Donald Trump being a white supremacist, bigot resurface

April 23, 2025 | | Print Article

A singer’s ongoing beef with President Donald Trump featured in a resurfaced clip that stirred reactions of “Look in the mirror, dude…” over allegations of bigotry.

Since the businessman turned president emerged on the political stage, John Legend, born John Roger Stephens, has been vocal with his Trump Derangement Syndrome. Within days of the GOP leader’s second inauguration, the musician’s race-fueled disfavor was put on display once more with claims that Trump believed himself “genetically superior.”

Taking part in a DEI-centered event that pushed promoting businesses based on the skin color of owners, Legend sat for a public conversation with 15 Percent Pledge founder Aurora James, where he contended, “America made a decision that I strongly disagree with, and it seems that we are reaping the whirlwind right now.”

James shared the clip from the 15th Street Block Party as the guest went on to claim Trump was “a terrible leader, especially in crisis” as well as assert to applause, “Well, he’s a bigot.”

 

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“It’s a belief that there’s a hierarchy of racial groups and that his group is superior — genetically superior,” continued Legend, who all but flat-out said white supremacy in the clip. “He believes that. Whenever he talks about competence and qualifications, any white man will do for him!”

The backdrop to the conversation was a marquee that read “DEI is more than just a headline” and “black business is good business,” as Canadian fashion designer James’ group sought to have retailers promise no less than 15% of their wares came from black-owned businesses.

In an attempt to support his claim that Trump made race the focus of his hiring decisions, Legend offered a surface level comparison of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and current Defense Secretary Pete Hegesth as he said, “[Austin] was a four-star general, supremely qualified black man and then see who [Trump] puts in after him. That’s the level of bigotry that he has. Any white man is better than that.”

The entertainer, currently a coach on NBC’s “The Voice,” remained vocal against Trump throughout the 2024 presidential campaign and claimed amid lawfare that had been brought against the president that he was somehow benefiting from a “two-tiered justice system.”

“He is getting way more concessions than the average criminal defendant would get,” he said during an April 2024 appearance on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.”

During the same interview, Legend argued, “[Trump’s] made it clear throughout his life that black people are inferior, he believes that to his core, in his bones … but also when you hear some of the stray comments he makes, he clearly believes in a genetic hierarchy of humanity and is racially determined. So he is a tried and true, dyed-in-the-wool racist.”

As the remarks from the singer, who promoted the massive influx of Haitians into his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, from the comfort of his Beverly Hills mansion, circulated on social media, reactions couldn’t help but call out that Legend was the one hyperfixated on race.

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