Michael Cohen claims Trump derided Nelson Mandela when he died and called South Africa a ‘s***hole country’
DONALD Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen alleged in his new book that the president slammed Nelson Mandela and called South Africa a "s***hole country."
also reiterated past claims that once challenged him to name a country run by a black person that was not a "s***hole."
The scathing allegations are featured in Cohen's book, due out on Tuesday, Disloyal: A Memoir.
The claim about Mandela is just one of a series of damning allegations Cohen has made about the president in the tell-all memoir.
Cohen claims Trump praised Apartheid, and said that, "Mandela f**ked the whole country up. Now it's a s***hole. F**k Mandela. He is no leader."
Mandela, who passed away in 2013, was an anti-Apartheid revolutionary and served as the country's first black head of state from 1994 to 1999.
In his new book, Cohen reportedly slams Trump for multiple alleged racist acts.
"As a rule, Trump expressed low opinions of all black folks, from music to culture and politics," Cohen writes, .
Other excerpts from the book show Cohen claiming that Trump's hatred of former was excessive.
Cohen alleges that Trump and filmed a bizarre video where he "ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him."
After news broke about Trump's alleged comments about Mandela, the Nelson Mandela Foundation slamming the president's own leadership skills.
"We do not believe that leaders who conduct themselves in the way Mr Trump does are in a position to offer authoritative commentary on the life and work" of Mandela, the statement said.
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has tried to question Cohen's credibility since excerpts from his book began making the rounds, calling him "a disgraced felon and disbarred lawyer who lied to ," in a statement to The Washington Post.
Cohen was jailed last year for lying to Congress and for election .
Prosecutors claimed the lawyer was doing Trump's bidding.