President Trump, in an interview with WSJ, said there is some systemic racism in the U.S. and said removing Confederate names from military bases would further divide the country
WASHINGTON—President Trump said there was some systemic racism in the U.S., said removing Confederate names from military bases would further divide the country and took credit for popularizing Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery.
In an interview on Wednesday in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump mounted a broad defense of his handling of the dual crises impacting the country in the year of his re-election bid: the coronavirus pandemic and the wave of protests following the killing of George Floyd, a black man, in...
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