Just hours after it was announced that civil rights icon Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 84, Donald Trump tried to suggest that he was partially responsible for Jackson’s success while also launching an attack on former president Barack Obama.
On social media, Trump posted, “The Reverend Jesse Jackson is Dead at 84. I knew him well, long before becoming President. He was a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and “street smarts.” He was very gregarious – Someone who truly loved people! Despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way. I provided office space for him and his Rainbow Coalition, for years, in the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street; Responded to his request for help in getting CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM passed and signed, when no other President would even try; Single handedly pushed and passed long term funding for Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), which Jesse loved, but also, which other Presidents would not do; Responded to Jesse’s support for Opportunity Zones, the single most successful economic development package yet approved for Black business men/women, and much more. Jesse was a force of nature like few others before him.”
Not a bad tribute, but Dementia Don couldn’t resist taking a cheap shot at Obama.
“He had much to do with the Election, without acknowledgment or credit, of Barack Hussein Obama, a man who Jesse could not stand. He loved his family greatly, and to them I send my deepest sympathies and condolences. Jesse will be missed! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
So, according to Trump, Jesse Jackson would have been nothing if he hadn’t known the Donald. And even worse, Trump probably believes that load of crap.
The jab at Obama is further proof that Trump knows he will never measure up to the man who preceded him in the White House. He still resents the fact that Obama continues to be one of the most admired men ever to hold the office of president, and he’s envious of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Rest in peace, Rev. Jackson.
As for Donnie, he can go to hell.
