BET founder Robert Johnson on Trump: 'I give the president credit for doing positive things'

'For African Americans, the trend continues to be favorable,' says the entrepreneur who started The RLJ Cos. after selling BET in 2001.

in Trump's Cabinet, not over politics but because he said he could not deal with the government red tape., and drew a gushing tweet from Trump, over praise he heaped on the president in a CNBC interview, saying "I think the tax cuts clearly helped stimulate the economy. I think business people have more confidence in the way the economy is going."

However, Johnson did say, "It's time for African Americans to think in terms of their permanent interests, not being an appendage to either party, either Democrats or Republicans." However, Johnson said, "I don't think it's fundamentally in the best interest of African Americans to be locked up in one party, particularly in an environment where everything is [a] zero-sum game."

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