Despite history’s efforts, Donald J. Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal this week that it was he who made the day so popular.
“I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous,” Trump said, referring to the news headlines that followed his decision to hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth in the place known for one of the greatest attacks on Black lives.
But according to Trump, he polled a number of people within his administration who had never heard of the day.
Trump’s commitment to remaining ardently obtuse to the history of Black America appears to be renewed in the wake of heightened racial tensions across the United States.
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Trump’s attempt at co-opting the efforts of Black activists by suggesting his whiteness made the day relevant, did not go over well.
