Examining Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally: A Critical Look with Dr. Nsenga Burton

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A black executive perspective now presents need to know

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with the award winning hyphenated Dr.

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Nsenga Burton.

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Dr.

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Burton, what do we need to know?

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Dr. Nsenga Burton: Good afternoon

and thank you for joining me.

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Dr.

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Nsenga Burton with need to know with Dr.

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Nsenga.

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I am here today to talk to you

about some of the things that have

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been happening out in the universe.

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One of which was the, Trump rally, which

really was a masqueraded, uh, Klan rally.

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It looked like it anyway at,

uh, Madison square garden the

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other day and how people have had

different types of responses to it.

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Some people were like, Oh, it's

just performance and entertainment.

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That's what he does.

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You know, you can't

take all of that stuff.

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Literally there don't really

mean all of those hateful,

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mean and white supremacists.

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Uh, things that they have

said during the rally.

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Um, I'm sure you've seen it.

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You can watch the video for yourself.

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So we won't have any claims of

misinformation or disinformation.

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Just watch the video yourself

and then think about, you know,

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what your thoughts are on it.

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And the others have just been

really pissed off, particularly

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the Puerto Rican community.

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Um, many of whom their celebrities have

come out in support of Kamala Harris

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following, uh, this, and even Nicky Jam,

who had already had a, uh, kind of cluster

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with Trump who thought he was a woman.

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Um, that's how much he knew about him.

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Um, when he went in to, uh, endorse

Trump, Nicky Jam has, uh, rescinded

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his endorsement of Donald Trump.

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Um, and he stated that he was going

to vote for him because he believed

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him, uh, that he would do better

with the economy and immigration.

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I don't know what he's been listening to.

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Nicky Jam needs to clear

the jam out of his ears.

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Cause that is not something that's

gonna be positive for people.

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If Trump is elected based on

his platform, which you should

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read, it's on his website.

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So at any rate, um, what I want to

talk about though, is I'm finding it

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fascinating that people are talking

about the white house as if it is

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this kind of abstract thing, it's

not something that has a history.

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a lineage.

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Um, and that is not a business.

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It is basically this, the

headquarters of the business of

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the United States of America.

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And so when you're thinking about who

you're going to vote for, you have to

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be thinking about who's gonna be your

ceo, who's gonna be your chief executive

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officer, who's gonna be your chief

operating officer, things of that nature.

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And so for people to be so flippant,

flippant about who might be occupying

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that office, And to kind of just poo poo

or blow off what we saw, uh, in Madison

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Square Gardens is just really, um, scary.

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Um, because that means that you're not

able to really critically engage what

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you're seeing and to tie that to what

we expect and our expectations are of

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people who lead major corporations,

businesses, countries, and what have you.

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Uh, and one of those things is decorum.

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Protocol.

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Um, those things are very important.

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How one presents themselves, how one

talks about themselves, uh, the team with

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whom that person surrounds themselves.

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So Mr.

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Trump is the former president, thus

and so he can really create whatever

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environment he wants to create.

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Right.

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He can get a lot of people to say yes.

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I mean, we've been talking about this,

right, people who are going to vote

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against their own interests because

they really believe in him and what he

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believes and what he's talking about.

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Right.

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So when someone has the kind of

power that he has and has been able

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to hold on to, despite all of the

challenges and drama and trauma and

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whatever, Accusations convictions.

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In fact, um, felony convictions.

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In fact, that he has had, um,

is able to still kind of rise

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above that and be Teflon.

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Um, that means they really do have the

power to create whatever environment

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that they want and professional

environment that they want because,

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you know, being president of the United

States is actually serious business.

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So, you know, that's why they have, um,

You know, uh, different events where they

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do have comedians and people poking fun

at each other and roasting each other.

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You know, that's a specific, you know,

uh, event for the press and for people

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who are part of the media so they can

have fun and things of that nature.

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But certain things are just

not appropriate when you

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are running for president.

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And that is having a rally that

looks like a Klan rally when

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you are trying to represent the

entire United States of America.

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So in the same way that you would like

for your CEO to do what's best for

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everybody in the company, not just

for the C suite, not for the board of

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trustees, not just for the stakeholders,

uh, or investors or other folks like

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that, but for everyone in the company,

we have to be looking for a president

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who's effectively our CEO of our country,

which is effectively our business.

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Who is going to take care of everyone and

be sensitive to the needs and opinions

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and thoughts of everyone who's there.

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Not someone who's just going to ram

down our throats, whatever it is

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that he or she thinks we need to do.

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You have to really think

about your constituencies.

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So I just wanted to remind people,

you know, or need to know today.

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Something that you need to know

is that this is not a joke.

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This is actually a very serious matter.

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Who becomes the president

of the United States.

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And so you have to be

mindful of your brand.

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That's what the young people say.

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We used to call it our

professional reputation.

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You have to be mindful of the people

you surround yourself with and who you

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allow to speak on your behalf, because

that's what was happening there, right?

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You can't always be in every, every place.

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That's why you have a vice president.

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That's why you have,

uh, um, a spokesperson.

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That's why you have a.

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Communications or public relations

department where they, they send out the

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best person from your company to represent

whatever interests are out there.

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You can't be everywhere.

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So you have to have your people around

you who will be good reflections of you.

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And I just think that that, uh,

display of just Tom foolery.

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at best and just sheer and utter white

supremacist behavior at worst, which is

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a really, really terrible thing to do.

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So I just need you to know that people

are always watching you, whether or

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not you know this, that you can have

as much power as you think you can,

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um, and still make, Colossal mistakes.

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Because I think that

was a colossal mistake.

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He not only did, uh, you know, our former

president misread the room, he's misread

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the nation, even people in his own party.

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Um, and you know, he's teflon, so he

might be able to come back from it.

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But I just want you to know that we as

regular people do not have the luxury

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of making those kinds of mistakes.

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What happened in that room

would get all of us fired.

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Everybody would get fired.

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Um, you know, if we were being considered

for a leadership role, our candidacy

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and application would be withdrawn.

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That's how that works.

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So not trying to tell anybody how to vote.

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I'm just trying to tell you that

this is an important matter.

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It's a serious matter.

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Who becomes the president

of the United States.

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We can't say we're the most

powerful nation in the world.

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And then, and then want to pretend

like the white house and who's the

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president isn't a powerful thing.

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It is.

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It absolutely is.

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And it absolutely does matter who's in

there and how they conduct themselves

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and with whom they surround themselves.

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All right, so that's it.

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Tune in next week to the award winning

a black executive perspective podcast.

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And I'll see you next week

on Need to Know with Dr.

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Nsenga Burton.

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Bye.

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A Black Executive Perspective.