Of course Trump would deny it. What do you expect? For him to admit to it? I don't know whether he said it or not, but your angle this entire time has been to give him the benefit of the doubt that he didn't make those comments based on when it was alleged that the comments were made and when it was released. Based on media bias against him. And I'm saying that I don't care either way but I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt either.
Trump didn't give the Central Park 5 the benefit of the doubt. Nor did he give the benefit of the doubt to all those black people he turned away in his housing discrimination case. But let you tell it "we want the guy to be racist"