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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 06:17 PM May 2018

Trump "very enthusiastic about" arranging a "race summit" with Kanye West and Colin Kaepernick



"Kanye West must have some power because I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 [percent] to 22 in one week," Trump said during his NRA convention speech in Dallas (via NBC News). "Thank you, Kanye, thank you. Even the pollsters thought there must be some mistake."

On the heels of the improved approval rating, Cleveland-based pastor Darrell Scott, who attended the White House's National Day of Prayer event, revealed that the president is considering inviting West and Colin Kaepernick, a frequent Trump target for the quarterback's refusal to stand during the National Anthem, to a summit on race.

"He is 100 percent for it. He was very enthusiastic about it," Scott told People of Trump. "It's not going to be a black-only event. It will be a melting pot."

West has not yet commented on social media about the Trump's gratitude or the summit.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/donald-trump-thanks-kanye-west-for-boost-in-approval-rating-w519854
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Trump "very enthusiastic about" arranging a "race summit" with Kanye West and Colin Kaepernick (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2018 OP
Users use users. dameatball May 2018 #1
Asshole reality show double-down thegoose May 2018 #5
Kanye looks stupid standing next to Stupid. Cha May 2018 #2
Kanye's kissing so much trump ass it must be his choice. brush May 2018 #7
t-rump's approval have not doubled, it's fallen. Iliyah May 2018 #3
Kaepernick Would not agree to such buffoonery Americanno May 2018 #4
Kayne does not represent black people.. HipChick May 2018 #6
NO Corgigal May 2018 #8
 

Americanno

(59 posts)
4. Kaepernick Would not agree to such buffoonery
Sat May 5, 2018, 06:41 PM
May 2018

Would not agree to such buffoonery. He has better things to do.

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