Trump Invokes Floyd in Jobs Remarks as Black Unemployment Soars
- ‘A great day for him,’ Trump says after remarks on equality
- Black unemployment rose to 16.8%, the highest in over a decade
President Donald Trump arrives at a news conference at the White House on June 5, 2020.
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump invoked the memory of George Floyd, the black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis last week, as he touted the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying there’s a great thing happening for our country,” Trump said in remarks at the White House on Friday. “It’s a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody.”