The idea came from Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, who said the president deserved 'reparations' because of the Russia investigation. Trump appeared to endorse the call.
President Trump meets with Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Peter Pellegrini during a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K. Email Bio Follow May 6 at 5:47 AM Democrats running for president are weighing the idea of government reparations for black Americans to compensate for slavery and discrimination.
— Jerry Falwell May 5, 2019 .....The Witch Hunt is over but we will never forget. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! “I now support reparations,” he declared, adopting the language of Democrats discussing what is owed to historically oppressed minority groups. The evangelical leader argued that Trump should have two years added to his first term “as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup.”Trump retweeted Falwell’s assertion to his 60 million followers on Sunday. Then, he made the case for himself.
“I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,” Cohen said. “And this is why I agreed to appear before you today.” “If there were the remotest chance he were serious, and had power to put his words into effect, I might be concerned,” he said. “But he is not serious, and he could not do anything about it even if he were serious.”
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