Today marks the start of Black History Month, so it is only right that Donald Trump offer some words on the importance of the month long celebration, as well as discuss goals of his presidency that are related to black people.
"During this month we honor the tremendous history of the African Americans throughout our country — throughout the world if you really think about it — and this history is one of unimaginable sacrifice, hard work and faith in America," Trump begins.
From there Trump goes into talking about Martin Luther King Jr., but specifically how reports had initially said that he removed a statue of the iconic civil rights activist from the Oval Office. After using MLK to offer a brief critique on the press, he talks about the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC.
"People can learn about Reverend King, Frederick Douglass — an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more I noticed — Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and millions more black Americans who made America what it is today."
He then once again somehow uses what should be a meeting on Black History Month to critique press outlets that attempt to hold him accountable, referring to CNN as "fake news" but offering that FOX News "has treated him nice."
After that, Trump begins to talk about plans of improving inner cities throughout America, as well as meets with a number of black people from different fields to address their concerns and how he wants to work with them.
And that is it. Just 11 minutes of generalized summaries of two very important black people a part of America's history; critiques on news outlets that Trump dislikes; and a discussion on bettering black communities in America (even though we still have no idea of how his administration actually plans on doing that).
Anyways, happy Black History Month!
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