Trump's Awkward Black History Month Speech

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        Trump's Awkward Black History Month Speech
    He says social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass did "an amazing job" and managed to slam the press all in the same speech. And he talked about himself.
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Trump's Awkward Black History Month Speech

He says social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass did "an amazing job" and managed to slam the press all in the same speech. And he talked about himself.

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