--- title: Donald Trump: Here's the Campaign Slogan Stephen King Wrote for Him description: Stephen King proposed a slogan for Donald Trump's presidential campaign Wednesday, and it's safe to say the author won't be voting for him. canonical: https://time.com/3987082/stephen-king-donald-trump/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-06T11:59:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:15.612Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's the Slogan Stephen King Wrote for Donald Trump og:description: "If you're white, you're all right!" og:url: https://time.com/3987082/stephen-king-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a00d2e33b0a1d01/69885e1b8e06015d76461b92/meet-the-candidates-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: meet the candidates GOP debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Slogan Stephen King Wrote for Donald Trump twitter:description: "If you're white, you're all right!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a00d2e33b0a1d01/69885e1b8e06015d76461b92/meet-the-candidates-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen King Has Written a Campaign Slogan for Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump attends the 2015 Hank's Yanks Golf Classic at Trump Golf Links Ferry Point on July 6, 2015 in New York City. Andrew H. Walker—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 6, 2015 11:59 AM UTC Stephen King proposed a new slogan for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign Wednesday, and it’s pretty safe to say the bestselling author won’t be voting for The Donald. “If you’re white, you’re all right!,” begins King’s suggested slogan. “Any other hue, I don’t trust you.” The motto plays on the accusations of racism that have plagued Trump since his campaign launch in June, in which he referred to some illegal immigrants from Mexico as rapists. Although Trump has claimed broad support among the Latino community, [polls show otherwise](http://time.com/3982013/donald-trump-poll-latinos-republican-debate/). Trump currently leads most national Republican polls and will be taking center stage at the first GOP debate Thursday night. > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/629041186053996544) That’s not the first time King has tweeted about Trump: > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/620610020695261185) > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/620986354898477056) ## Transcript Rosie O'Donnell's disgusting, I mean both inside and out. You take a look at her, she's a slob. She talks like a truck driver. So he could have been born in Kenya and gone over to the United States. And everybody wants to be a US citizen. And his grandparents put an ad in saying he was born in the United States. He didn't kill Bin Laden. He gets so much credit for that. Ok excuse me. He had the guts to make that decision. And the genius. Excuse me. Guts. First of all Vince, your grapefruits are no match for my Trump Towers. They're bringing drugs They're bringing crime, they're rapist, and some I assume are good people, and I love the Mexican people. I've had thousands of Mexicans working for me. I sell apartments for millions of dollars to people from Mexico. They love me, they love me. [ CROSSTALK ]. He's a war hero cuz he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you this. And I see your Senator. What a stiff? What a Stiff? Lindsay Graham. I'm not using the lobbyists, I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich. 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