Over the past two days, President Trump has twice been asked how he plans to try to fix the daunting problem of systemic racism in police departments across America and both times he has made clear that he believes a healthy economy will do the trick.
Over the past two days, President Trump has twice been asked how he plans to address the systemic racism in U.S. police departments spotlighted by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and both times he has made clear that he believes the solution is a healthy economy.
Kilmeade, who is friendly to Trump, briefly pressed the president further. “But how do you handle the law enforcement part of this? How do you handle the law enforcement part of this?” Story continuesOn Friday — at a White House press conference at which the president touted better-than-expected May jobs numbers, which he said represented “a great day” for Floyd despite the fact that the figures showed African-American unemployment continued to rise — Trump was asked by PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor about his plan to address systemic racism.
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