Asked about the verdict, Trump says, ‘Nobody’s done more for the Black community.’President Trump twice on Wednesday deflected reporters’ requests for a direct comment on the grand jury’s
Mr. Trump tweeted: “Praying for the two police officers that were shot tonight in Louisville, Kentucky. The Federal Government stands behind you and is ready to help. Spoke to @GovAndyBeshear and we are prepared to work together, immediately upon request!”
When asked by reporters if he believed “justice was served in the Breonna Taylor case in Kentucky” and to deliver a “message to the Black community who believe that perhaps justice was not served by the decision,” the president took the opportunity to recite his record and to praise himself.
“Well, my message is that I love the Black community and I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and I say with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, and I mean that, with opportunity zones, and with criminal justice reform, with prison reform, with what we’ve done for historically Black universities, colleges, schools, what we’ve done. Abraham Lincoln, let’s give him the nod, but beyond that, nobody’s done more. I love the Black community,” the president said.
He added that he would have more to say at a news conference later.
When asked again at that meeting with reporters, the president quoted a statement by the attorney general of Kentucky, Daniel Cameron, whom the president described as “a star.”