On the way to interview Donald Trump at his office, I asked my taxi driver what he thought about the presidential candidates. He said he was leaning toward Trump, but he’d been hearing that Trump was a racist, and if that were true, that would stop him from casting a ballot for the man.

I asked what Trump could do to prove to the cabbie that he wasn’t a racist. After a long pause, the driver, said, “I don’t know. Maybe show some love.”

When I sat down with Trump, I told him this story and asked what he might do to dispel the perception that his comments about a Mexican-American federal judge, about Mexicans generally, and about Muslims indicated racist attitudes.

This was Trump’s response:

“Well, I am not a racist, in fact, I am the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered. I’ll give you an example. It’s funny, I just got this, it was just sent to me by Don King. Now, Don knows more about race than anybody. He owns this newspaper, you know –Don’s made a lot of money. He just sent this to me, look at this.”