Trump claims he made Juneteenth "very famous"

[CatWoman]

President Trump took credit for popularizing Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, in a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal Thursday, saying: “I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous."

Driving the news: The president claimed that "nobody had ever heard" of the June 19 celebration before he planned a rally in Tulsa on that day. His campaign ultimately changed the date of the rally to June 20 after receiving pushback from African American leaders around the country.

Between the lines: 47 states recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday, but legislation to declare it a national holiday has repeatedly stalled in Congress, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The Trump administration put out statements on Juneteenth during each of his first three years, according to the WSJ.

“Oh really? We put out a statement? The Trump White House put out a statement?” Trump said when presented with that information. “Ok, ok. Good.”

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "Nobody ever heard of it" means "I never heard of it."

[unitedwethrive]

7. Exactly. He always assumes that his knowledge base is the same as the

general population. God, I hope not!

[dawg day]

2. Lordy, he's an asshole.

This is someone who did not watch any PBS specials during "Black History Month."

HE never heard of it before, because his knowledge and interest in American history are nil. And here he is preening, as if he is instructing the black community about their own holiday.

This is a man who thought Frederick Douglass was still alive, of course, and that Finland is part of Russia, and that somehow the US is supposed to own Venezuela.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. A deeply stupid man. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Yeah yeah, that's called running from a mob and pretending. . .

. . .to lead a parade.

Yeesh, what a fucking phony.




#newrostrong

[dameatball]

5. It took 2-1/2 years for Emancipation news to reach Texas and 155 years for it to reach Trump.

[Solly Mack]

6. He expresses his ignorance on a subject in terms

of "Nobody knew before now/Nobody heard about it before now". Now being the moment he informs America. He always frames it this way.


Mister "I Alone" stable genius can safely, to his thinking, say he didn't know something by claiming the knowledge was unheard of until he made it known.

So he is the one who taught it to America. He tells himself he discovered an unknown fact of history and through his greatness as president shares it with the country.

All about giving cover to his ignorance by claiming no one knew.

[Paladin]

8. Brain-dead fool. Can't wait until he's gone. (nt)

[genxlib]

9. He always, always makes it about himself

Even when it is deeply unflattering.

He just has to put himself at the center of everything.