To commemorate the start of Black History Month in the United States,
a time when the country recognizes the historically overlooked
achievements of black Americans, US president, Donald Trump hosted a
“listening session” at the White House yesterday with invited
representatives of the black community.
Bizarrely, Trump used this time to speak about a variety of topics,
including his own victory in the recent US presidential contest and his
perceived victimization by the media.
He also delivered some very oddly phrased remarks about black
Americans: “Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an
amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice,” Trump said
of the former slave and abolitionist leader, who rose to become a
prominent statesman before his death in 1895.
