Trump, Pence Visit MLK Memorial, Hail Gains in Black Employment
- President sees ‘appropriate’ overlap in holiday, inauguration
- Top White House aide says King would have opposed impeachment
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on MLK day in Washington, on Jan. 20.
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited the Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial and touted the rise of black employment during their administration on Monday, a national holiday honoring the civil rights icon.
Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that it was “appropriate” that the holiday coincided with the third anniversary of his inauguration.