Donald Trump has put himself on the highest of pedestals by claiming he is the best at anything. On Friday, commentators were shocked after hearing Trump say that former President Abraham Lincoln was “questionable” for freeing slaves and that he had done more than the former president for black Americans.
“I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, because he did good — although it’s always questionable. You know, in other words, the end result –” Trump said during a Fox News interview on Thursday night, before host Harris Faulkner cut him off.
“Well, we are free, Mr. President. He did pretty well,” Faulkner said.
“We are free,” Trump replied. “You understand what I mean.”
Trump: I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other President and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln because he did good but although it’s always questionable, you know in other words the end result
Harris: Well we are free Mr. President pic.twitter.com/advWPuSKwv— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 12, 2020
Personally, I have no idea what he meant by what he said, and I am not alone. Many commentators were shocked by Trump’s assertion.
There’s a lot going on but I hope the president is soon asked what he means by this, because… https://t.co/gar6ubK5qW
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 12, 2020
Trump objectively thinks it’s questionable that Lincoln freed the slaves. https://t.co/iEL4OzYNQ2
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 12, 2020
Trump just described the end result of freeing the slaves as “always questionable” https://t.co/rdHIjlRxAo
— Ari Hirsch (@AriHirsch1) June 12, 2020
Trump thinks freeing Black people was "questionable"?! He is all of America's hate manifested.
— Joel Pulliam (@joel_pulliam) June 12, 2020
Uh. What part does Trump find questionable about Lincoln’s legacy? Is he referring to his…. assassination?https://t.co/F3bWWMGWhK
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 12, 2020
The most charitable read is that he’s talking about Lincoln’s assassination, but even then, I think Lincoln would have taken that bargain. Problem is, Trump knows nothing of sacrifice.
— Patrick Meyers (@m1ghtymouse7) June 12, 2020
"Questionable" is just Trump's idiotic reference to assassination, and it's not the most damning thing here. The real shocker is his "we are free" line, by which he means, "free of foreign rule"; Trump thinks Lincoln was a figure of the revolution, not civil war. Nailed-on.
— Choostas (@Choostas) June 12, 2020
Astounding that Trump disses Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president & the greatest Republican. Mind-boggling that Trump says,"it's always questionable" whether Lincoln "did good" & whether "the end result" of what Lincoln did was good.
These words are high intellectual crimes
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) June 12, 2020
It truly makes my jaw drop that Trump is suggesting he might be considered to have done more for Black people as president than Lincoln.
— Daniel Summers, MD (@WFKARS) June 12, 2020
Trump is mentally-disabled, brain-damaged, and intellectually-challenged — just like his #maga/#qanon-minority.
It really is that simple. #blacklivesmatter https://t.co/yWq8g1D2BN
— 🐇 End the brain-damage & chaos: Vote #Biden2020 (@UTMBColorado) June 12, 2020
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