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[Gordon Shumway]

President-elect Donald Trump has canceled his holiday visit to the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture — losing a chance for much-needed goodwill after his feud with a civil rights leader.

The incoming president, who spent this weekend waging a war of words with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), had planned to visit the national museum in Washington, D.C. on Martin Luther King Day.

Trump is now planning to visit the museum sometime after assuming office, his officials said. The museum did not immediately comment.
Trump’s cancellation comes after he spent the holiday weekend publicly combating Lewis, a 16-term congressman and a leader from the civil rights movement who marched with Martin Luther King.

Lewis introduced the original legislation to found the African American museum in 1988 and pushed it for 15 years before President George W. Bush signed it into law. The museum features photos of Lewis speaking at the March on Washington in 1961, as well as his mugshot from his arrest during the Freedom Rides.

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Happy MLK Day!

 

[LionPride]

HaHa kill me

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

this isnt about race, guys

 

[BronsonLee]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

of course he does

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Unity.gif


This Feb is going to some extra bullshit, isn't it?

 

[Ponn]

You don't get it, he doesn't like to waste time on stuff he already knows. He already knows everything, he saw a special on Fox news about civil rights so he already knows about all this stuff.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

Yes yes yes yes yes. This is what he's done the entire cycle! Any time any scandal comes up that can rock him he goes and purposely does something to cause another stir of distraction.

 

[EMT0]

He knows his base doesn't give a fuck. Let's be real though, everything Trump touches is soiled, better he stay the hell away.

 

[Azure Dream]

Struggling with his economic anxiety.

 

[jelly]

Got a date with a paper shredder.

 

[smokeymicpot]

this isnt about race, guys

Honestly it is just to piss off Lewis and to be a distraction.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Unity? Probably to busy getting ready for his trip to meet his buddy Putin.

 

[Fuzzy]

It's probably better this way. He'd just say something stupid and piss people off even more than not going.

 

[valkillmore]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

You're right. Can't stress this enough.

 

[Jag]

Honestly it is just to piss off Lewis and to be a distraction.

I think Trump is a more piss on type of guy.

 

[Imperfected]

You know, it's probably just for the best. There's no way it wouldn't have rung completely hollow, anyway, so just don't even bother.

I hope he similarly refrains from patronizing minorities during Native American Heritage Month, given his background. There's no way that gesture wouldn't be insultingly insincere, in particular.

 

[Poor GRIMES]

Got a date with a paper shredder.

🤔

 

[avaya]

Got a date with a paper shredder.

.

 

[wenis]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

Absolutely he is. It's one big tv show to him and distracting people from the main storyline is all he's doing. And not to give him the credit all the people whispering in his ear know how to rile people up enough to keep us turned away from the larger picture.

 

[SDBurton]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

That's my guess.

 

[djplaeskool]

This motherfucker right here. My god.

 

[D i Z]

That fool wasn't ever going to go anyway, lets be real. Dude probably can't remember the names of the three black "representatives" he had over for talks a couple of weeks ago, let alone the names of notable black Americans he'll be forced to acknowledge as even existing.

Edit: And of course as stated above, the distraction tactic is transparent as fuck.

 

[Slayven]

Him being there would be like someone taking a shit on the floor of the Vatican

 

[Rembrandt]

Lmao, our president. <3

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Sounds about right.

 

[rjinaz]

Of course he does. No point in bothering to act like he cares. He's king now. Besides, they didn't help him win.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Wait Drumpf isn't the guy on the far right of op's picture? Why wouldn't he celebrate himself

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Absolutely he is. It's one big tv show to him and distracting people from the main storyline is all he's doing. And not to give him the credit all the people whispering in his ear know how to rile people up enough to keep us turned away from the larger picture.

This is why I get annoyed when media covers every single tweet or comment he makes. Everything he does is with a reason of distraction and limelight. Focusing all our energy to every single tweet or action is just going to wear people out.

 

[Price Dalton]

Buzzfeed says there was nothing to cancel, actually.

 

[InfiniteBento]

Got a date with a paper shredder.

Ayyyy &#127770;

 

[hypernima]

Bye.

 

[valkillmore]

Buzzfeed says there was nothing to cancel, actually.

Fake news

 

[Darryl M R]

He's never going to step into the place.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

He's never going to step into the place.

Do you want him to?

 

[Syf]

Yes that does sound like a Trump thing to do

 

[Darryl M R]

Do you want him to?

Nope, but that doesn't even matter since he won't. Sad!

 

[GoldenEye 007]

It's probably best not to desecrate that site just yet. It just opened after all.

 

[Crossing Eden]

But guys he's not really a racist/he tells it how it is/economic anxiety/give the orange piece of a shit a chance.

 

[bionic77]

Makes sense.

He doesn't want to go there until he gets his own exhibit in another 2 years.

 

[royalan]

Good.

Hopefully he never sets foot in the place.

 

[Netherscourge]

Fucking coward.

He may as well go meet with the KKK.

 

[RobotHaus]

I feel like this will make him only more popular with his core constituents.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Fucking coward.

He may as well go meet with the KKK.

He'll be meeting with Sessions regularly

 

[FeenixRising]

He's gonna send Steve Harvey in his place

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Still have a strong feeling he's doing this specifically to distract from the Russia stuff

He can get shit on for this but he can't go to jail for it

ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! Trump will be going full scale operation distraction to create the appearance of something far more juicy for the media to talk about.

He'll be meeting with Sessions regularly

Holy shit.

 

[yanipheonu]

Makes sense.

He doesn't want to go there until he gets his own exhibit in another 2 years.

Trump presents: Donald Trump: The Secret Hero for "The Blacks".

The exhibition is mostly copies of photos where they managed to get him in the same room as black people, as well as photoshops of Trump in various photoshops of him during various moments of civil rights history,

Excerpt from a display:

"You know, the whole black thing, I get it, and really, I helped more than anyone. Look around, I've done so much for the blacks, just so much, the greatest. I don't think you could find anyone who helps the blacks more."

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

Honestly it is just to piss off Lewis and to be a distraction.

Yea, anything to bury this cookie crumb trail.

 

[Sch1sm]

Surprise, surprise.

 

[bionic77]

Trump presents: Donald Trump: The Secret Hero for "The Blacks".

The exhibition is mostly copies of photos where they managed to get him in the same room as black people, as well as photoshops of Trump in various photoshops of him during various moments of civil rights history,

Excerpt from a display:

"You know, the whole black thing, I get it, and really, I helped more than anyone. Look around, I've done so much for the blacks, just so much, the greatest. I don't think you could find anyone who helps the blacks more."

I don't think his exhibit is going to be a positive one...