Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump has a message for all Americans. The presidential candidate, who was unnamed in criticism in President Obama’s State of the Union and then implied as an “angry voice” in the official Republican response, turned his attention to civil rights on the ABC Sunday show This Week.
Host George Stephanopoulos asked Trump this question: “Martin Luther King Day this week, what do you say to Americans, African-Americans especially, who believe his dream has not been achieved in this country?”
There was no hesitancy from Trump.
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“Oh, I agree with that and especially under President Obama,” Trump said. “We have an African-American president and the Black youth, the African-American youth, has essentially, almost never done worse.
“You look at the unemployment in the ’50s, you look at African-American people that are 30 and 35 and 40 at the height of their strength and lives, and they’re doing horribly. President Obama, an African-American, has done a terrible job for African-Americans.
“Donald Trump will do a great job for African-Americans. I’ll bring back jobs to this country from China and many other places. And I’ll have people work and make a great living. I will be great for African-Americans.”
Obviously, a self-serving campaign interview in which Stephanopoulos didn’t challenge him and the candidate was allowed to heave criticism on the president.
