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Some good rhetoric for once. Let's hope he doesn't abandon it after this.

Trump denounces anti-Semitic attacks as 'horrible'

http://usat.ly/2m4dCxC

WASHINGTON — Touring a new museum devoted to African-American history, President Trump said Tuesday he will do what he can to improve race relations and also denounced a series of recent threats and vandalism aimed at Jews.

“The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful, and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil," Trump said after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In an earlier interview on MSNBC, Trump said that "Anti-Semitism is horrible, and it's going stop and it has to stop,."

Trump had been criticized for passing up previous chances to denounce a spate of recent anti-Semitic incidents that range from desecration of a Jewish cemetery to Jewish community centers. Some of the critics noted that Trump's presidential campaign last year seemed to attract an unusually high number of anti-Semites and white nationalists.

His critics included 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, who tweeted: "JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS."

As for race relations in general, Trump told MSNBC that they have improved and worsened over time, and that he would seek betterment in a nation that is very divided politically, particularly over the president.

"Today and every day of my presidency," Trump said in his public remarks, "I pledge to do everything I can to continue that promise of freedom for African-Americans and for every American. So important, nothing more important."

Trump cited Douglass and other civil rights icons like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in his remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which he described as "a beautiful tribute to so many American heroes."

Institutions like the museum can help bridge the racial divide, Trump said after a tour in which he praised a number of exhibits.

"This is about love," Trump told MSNBC. "This building is about love."

In his public remarks, Trump cited the crowds that have flocked to the African-American museum: "It's doing so well that everybody is talking about it."

better late than never if old

 

[HStallion]

Talk is cheap.

 

[Frankie Williamson]

It's so hollow, his chief adviser is Steve I hate Jews Bannon.

 

[rec0ded1]

Pretty damn obvious this is damage control after that press conference.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Wonder how statements like that will go over with his Nazi supporters/coworkers.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Actions speak louder than words, but I'll still be happy to hear positive words come out of his mouth. I just know to be extremely cautiously optimistic.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Alright, lets keep moving in that direction... a bit delayed but hey

 

[Aaronrules380]

Talk is cheap

 

[Blood Diamonds]

surejan.gif

 

[Nephtes]

Did CNN report this?
If so, it's fake news, right?
RIGHT?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Actions speak louder than words, but I'll still be happy to hear positive words come out of his mouth. I just know to be extremely cautiously optimistic.

Optimism is giving these words too much credit. It's blatantly clear what the Trump cabinet stands for, and it sure as fuck isn't about "love".

 

[EdibleKnife]

Talk is cheap.

Seriously. With Sessions as AG, his comments about "stop and frisk" and dangerous inner cities like "Chicago", & spending the bulk of Obama's presidency denying his citizenship, this basically means nothing. And it's easy shit. People love to use MLK, Rosa Parks, Booker T Washington as exemplars and claim they're heroes. Of course they were. But it's an entirely other thing to actually understand what they stood for and reflect that in the modern age. Trump and his actions before his presidency and currently shows he holds zero of their values.

 

[Ahasverus]

He's a professional conman. he tells everyone what they want to hear. He's not turning into Obama overnight. Or worse, he does, every 10 minutes when he feels like he's gonna gain something from that.

 

[Maleficence]

An extensively thought out and planned piece of rhetoric that shouldn't have needed any significant planning or thinking. He should have said this from the start, it's too late.

 

[Numb]

Wonder how statements like that will go over with his Nazi supporters/coworkers.

They know he is just talking
Have you seen Trump?

 

[ebullientprism]

Was he smiling and winking away from the camera the entire time?

 

[Muffin1611]

Come on, when he was asked about anti-semitic attacks in the US at his press conference instead of condemning he said it was an offensive question and "the other side" was responsible for all of that.

 

[Korigama]

There's absolutely no reason to believe that he actually means anything positive that he tries to say.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Oh boy. Bare minimum concern that may or may not be genuine (and probably isn't). What good news.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Somebody yanked on his leash. And for the first time in possibly ever, he sounds almost presidential (allowing for his usual Trumpisms).

 

[Nabs]

Spicer talking about this trip is a trip.

 

[jon bones]

too little, too late Nazi

 

[Vicetrailia]

Trump telling his audience exactly what they want to hear, but he doesn't mean a goddamn thing he says.

When on the campaign he was talking to his audience, hence his car not to disparage African Americans. But who is his audience here? Exactly.

 

[Shaanyboi]

They know he is just talking
Have you seen Trump?

Oh I don't think for a second they actually believe it. I just wonder if their skin literally starts to burn when a statement like this is made. Like a vampire touching a cross.

 

[Owzers]

But he's a birther.

 

[joe2187]

Im not racist, I swear. I love the Jews and the blacks...look at the blacks and how they're doing good. Because Im totally not racist and Jews are great!.

 

[Blader]

My girlfriend's cousin's JCC in Texas has had two reported bomb threats in like the past month. This is shit is getting quickly out of control.

 

[KSweeley]

Here's some more bullshit coming from Trump: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320412-trump-anti-semitism-has-to-stop

The president insisted he has spoken out against anti-Semitism “whenever I get a chance,” even though he has refused to confront the issue directly on multiple occasions.

"This tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms," he said later. "The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are a painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil."

 

[Aaronrules380]

Also lets not pretend trump's idea of racial harmony isn't black guys smiling and accepting their oppression without making noise while white people reap the benefits while pretending nothing is wrong

 

[Slayven]

The place feels like it been defiled having him there, they need a old black lady to rebless the place

 

[BlackGoku03]

Did that reporter set up the meeting with the CBC yet?

What is she waiting on?

 

[Rebel Leader]

Sure he does

 

[Pyramid head]

The racism is real. The denial is fake.

 

[shaowebb]

It's so hollow, his chief adviser is Steve I hate Jews Bannon.

This. Dude is on damage control.

 

[Horns]

He's saying what should have been said well over a year ago. He's instead chosen to be critical of bullshit until today.

 

[Toxi]

This is called damage control.

 

[Nafai1123]

This means absolutely nothing coming from that shit-stains mouth.

 

[norm9]

There is a moment in time when you can say it's too late. In this case, it's too late.

 

[SparkleMotion]

Unfortunately for Trump, his actions speak louder than his words.

 

[DOWN]

Is it better than nothing or equivalent to nothing? I'm sensing the sentiment here is that it's the latter, and probably justifiably so

 

[KSweeley]

Trump's actions has totally contradicted what he stated.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Is it better than nothing or equivalent to nothing? I'm sensing the sentiment here is that it's the latter, and probably justifiably so

We have no reason to believe anything he says.

 

[studyguy]

The video of his comment before the condemnation is nearly incoherent.
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/834052238033051650

Saying he's ineloquent isn't enough.

 

[EdibleKnife]

Is it better than nothing or equivalent to nothing? I'm sensing the sentiment here is that it's the latter, and probably justifiably so

It's the equivalent to nothing. If I say "Jesus was a great man, son of God, my savior, and as a christian it's my job to act just like he would during my time on earth" yet do nothing about child sexual abuse, harshly punish women for being sex workers and do my best to ruin the lives of the poor, it really means diddly squat.

 

[RustyNails]

Is it better than nothing or equivalent to nothing? I'm sensing the sentiment here is that it's the latter, and probably justifiably so

Trump will say whatever the fuck depending on who has his ear. He has no convictions. This is the same administration that snubbed Jews from its holocaust remembrance statement.

 

[Bishman]

Unfortunately for Trump, his actions speak louder than his words.

We will see with his policies and actions.

 

[joe2187]

Is it better than nothing or equivalent to nothing? I'm sensing the sentiment here is that it's the latter, and probably justifiably so

He is end goal is transparent.

He's being accused of riding the flames of anti-semitism and racism to fuel his campaign and is trying to deflect in the most obvious way "WITHOUT" making any significant impact to help or contribute.

Empty words.

 

[bangbang i'm a timpani]

stephen miller follows david duke on twitter and likes his posts. lets not forget this.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

He said nothing, he's attacked, he said something, it's "empty words"

 

[the_firewithin]

Awaiting the EO to ban the community centers and etc for "protection"