As he got his usual presidential daily briefing from Fox and Friends, Donald Trump demanding love for African-Americans and Hispanics as he took credit for the unemployment.
Trump tweeted:
African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote! #NeverForget @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2018
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CBS News gave the real Trump unrelated reasons for declining African-American unemployment, “The reasons range from a greater number of black Americans with college degrees to a growing need for employers in a tight job market to widen the pool of people they hire from.”
There are also two other reasons that Trump never mentions when discussing unemployment. Baby Boomers are retiring and shrinking the labor force and discouraged workers who give up and stop looking for a job.
Donald Trump did nothing to help African-American and Hispanic unemployment. The President’s tweet should be read as a plea for love. Trump wants to know why African-Americans and Hispanics love Democrats instead of him.
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The answer is that Democrats aren’t governing on an ideology of racism. Trump has done nothing but demonizes minorities in an effort to divide the country and play to his old, angry, and white base.
Minorites are never going to love Trump because they see right through him. They know who Donald Trump really is and what he represents. The nation’s laziest part-time president deserves no love from any of the people that he has spent decades discriminating against and smearing.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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