Aide: Blacks not trying hard enough to work with Trump
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s liaison to the black community, the former “Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault, says African-American activists aren’t trying hard enough to work with the new administration.
The White House aide delivered the pointed message in an interview with The Associated Press in advance of an appearance Thursday at the annual convention of an activist organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
“We’re here waiting, willing to work with the community,” Manigault said when asked about Trump’s moves to slash programs that benefit minorities. “This president wants to engage. It’s not a one-way street.”
She was more measured Thursday afternoon as she faced hundreds of black activists, who, like African-American voters across the nation last fall, overwhelmingly opposed Trump’s presidency.