Donald Trump is not racist at all. As a Latino, I did get upset when Donald Trump was making generally false accusations about Mexican illegal immigrants that came into the United States. I personally felt his action was tasteless and unbecoming of a President. A president directly insulted an entire national group, while labeling other Latinos and other illegal immigrants of other countries terrorists, drug addicts, and violent criminals... that doesn't sound too good. Sounds, downright wrong, especially today.
Yet, I can understand where there is a lot of disdain, and hatred for Donald Trump and his unfiltered mouth, I, personally, do not believe he is a racist. Donald Trump has a history of helping out the disenfranchised whether its hiring more people for his hotels (which typically are low paying jobs, unless you work in offices, or have engineering/hospitality experience) or making direct donations. This includes but is not limited to, Black Americans, and Latinos. His words in the media are generally either taken out of context or is it just him being a little bit hysterical and dramatic.
Naturally, we've heard about Trump's tweetstorms which come with some tantalizing glimpses of Donald Trump's intellect, which is very little, so we can expect Donny to lash out against someone or a group of people and generalize their movement pretty well. There's no such thing as bad publicity, Trump knows this. If there is something divisive, controversial, or even stereotypical, you bet Donald Trump is going to take advantage of the situation. That's how he is, in my opinion.
Donald Trump likes to shock people with his words, and he expects someone to reply. He likes the attention, and once he gets his attention he can reiterate his point or his position, so he can give people more clarity. Donald doesn't like to give up his secret plans to just anybody. He takes every opportunity he can get to bring his message out there to the public and best believe the media will repeat his words out of context which will bring his message to the masses.
With all the crazy stuff Donald Trump says, I do not believe for a second that he is genuine when it comes to people claiming he is racist or promotes discrimination. I think he is playing these people like a fiddle, and using their emotional impulses to his advantage so he can promote his own voice in the media. It's very clever, and Donald Trump is a fox when it comes to making deals and seeing alternatives to a solution. Trump says dumb things, but he's not really dumb... Trump says 'racist' things, but really... he isn't a racist at all. Don't fall for his tricks.