'You are making it hard for us!' Black Americans for Trump member rips president on CNN

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

February 1, 2025 10:54AM ET


A clearly frustrated GOP strategist and member of Black Americans for Trump Coalition lashed out at the man he helped elect on CNN on Saturday morning.

It took less than two weeks in office for Donald Trump to exasperate Melik Abdul, who complained on Saturday that the president is making life difficult for Black voters who supported his second re-election bid. During an appearance on CNN's "Table for Five," with host Abby Phillip, Abdul jumped into a conversation about the president blaming the tragic Washington D.C. plane crash on DEI policies without evidence –– but not to defend Trump.

Noting that there have been questions raised about a female pilot who was on the Black Hawk chopper that collided with the airliner, Abdul explained, "I call it the woke right, on the right, who are were literally saying that, I think the male pilot had 1000 hours, the female, this phantom female pilot had 500 hours of training time. They don't know anything about what the requirements are. They don't know how long that person had been in service."

"Donald Trump appealing to these people in his second week, when we're not talking about the economy, we're not talking about any of that," he complained. "We're talking about DEI and he [Trump] had no evidence and people are out there defending it." "I'm not going to get on television to defend it," he exclaimed "I want Donald Trump to know you are making it hard for us who are not looking for a payout or some sort of association, or the social media influence behind supporting Donald Trump or any politician."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/black-voters-trump/

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[rso]

1. Trump

FAFO

[Bengus81]

2. Aw shucks...Pfffttt, he's done the same to literally everyone else or group

that pulled a lever for that fascist. Go look on the web for the "can I change my vote" club.

[DENVERPOPS]

29. Agreed

ANY one in America, of any group that was considered a minority, that voted for Trump, needs to analyze their thinking. Big Time.
Regretfully, it is too late to complain.................................

[hatrack]

3. Faces - my favorite - yum!!!

Are we learning now? Sure hope so!

[tanyev]

4. Do you hear something, Mr. Abdul?

[MLWR]

19. That's not a leopard; it's a cheetah.

[Playingmantis]

36. Trump is a cheetah.. a big time liar and cheetah

[sakabatou]

5. The leopards are getting fat

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. I have one more fuck to give, this is it.......

Fuck off asshole, you are now reaping what you helped sow.
Hope it was worth it ass wipe.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. No shit, MCE..........

read my comment.................

[Playingmantis]

37. Well said ..USAF vet here..

[ananda]

7. He must've thought white wannabe was as good as white.

Dumb dumb dumb

[mcar]

8. Too bad, so sad

[Zambero]

51. Knowing full well that he was a snake

and a venomous one at that, he was nevertheless invited in. Now the unwitting prey is fearing the predator. There is no probationary period involved. Many who enabled this curse on humanity will live to regret it.

[Hugin]

9. It was a dark and stormy night...

Somewhere in the distance the faint burp of a face eating leopard could be heard.

[Vinca]

11. Well, sport, unless said black voter is a billionaire, Trump doesn't care a thing about you anymore.

[cstanleytech]

12. The only good thing about the train wreck that is Trump is the hurt he causes for the morons that voted for him.

[JoseBalow]

13. "Black Americans for Trump"

[Justice matters.]

39. I guess these morons never heard of their brothers...

that orange leoldpard called for their execution...

Central Park Five guys, Melik? umm? Wanna stay a stupid moron without a face left? Or not?

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-central-park-five

[harumph]

45. Oh, I'll bet they're completely unaware of that history.

It's amazing isn't it?

[JI7]

14. Fuck this guy

[Marcuse]

15. !

[Hekate]

16. Don't take it personal, sir...

?si=QuKZGrMMT1o917RG

[bromeando]

17. Blacks for Trump

Leopard: chomp chomp chomp

[vishnura]

18. BFT idiots

[Buddyzbuddy]

20. Awww, that's a real shame Mr.Abdul. I can't believe

they didn't welcome you with open arms. I'm sure they'll get right on that. You stupid f.ck.

[TomSlick]

21. You bought the ticket.

Enjoy the ride.

[progree]

22. In deep blue Minneapolis, many Somali voters withheld support for Harris

https://www.democraticunderground.com/105914167

Gaza blah-de-blah (that tRump wants to "clean out", the same tRump that ended Biden's sanctions on violent West Bank settlers)

... “You’re telling us you’re doing something about the genocide in Palestine. You promised all these things, but you guys never kept it.”

... he is noticing increased grievances with the Democratic party in his own community, particularly with those opposed to the “liberal agenda.” He said many Somalis hold conservative religious and family values that have more in common with Republicans than Democrats.

. . . that they were “sick of the status quo” and of feeling “taken for granted by the Democrats.”

and much more such at the link. Including a couple nasty tRump comments about Somalis, e.g. that Minnesota had "suffered enough" for taking in thousands of Somali refugees.

[Playingmantis]

38. Not a shred of sympathy from me no matter what happens to them or any one else that failed to support Harris

[yardwork]

48. I doubt America would have offered refuge to Somalis without Democratic support.

Somehow I never see the Republican Party offering to give asylum to refugees. It's the Democratic Party and liberals who fight for refugee rights and aid.

Once they're here, they decide the Democrats haven't done enough for them.

This makes me mad.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

23. I hope he cries.

I hope he cries so much he gets dehydrated.

I hope he cries so much he gets a headache from getting dehydrated.

I hope he cries so much that he finds out he has no water in his house to get hydrated.

I hope he cries so much and finds out he has no Kleenex.

Cry more, Melik

[Asarchus45]

24. Told Ya!

Among the best examples yet of the FAFO that surrounds Trump. Get set for many, many more. Death is on the line!

[struggle4progress]

25. Hard! Ain't it hard?

[Hitorque]

26. I'm beyond words 😐

[bronxiteforever]

27. Didn't the Elon Musk apartheid guy

seem like a clue TSF would stick it to people of color.

Dude you don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing.

[blueseas]

28. The violin

[relayerbob]

31. Ya think?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

32. To Abdul: Sorry dumbass, all sales are final!

“Be careful what you wish for- you just might get it”.

I think there will be quite a few more Trump voters with buyer’s remorse. They can’t say they weren’t warned.

[William Seger]

33. He doesn't know the half of it yet

When asked why he was jumping to a DEI conclusion without evidence, the most incompetent president in our history said, "Common sense," which is to say, it's perfectly obvious to him that white males are inherently superior, and anyone else as a pilot or traffic controller puts the public in danger. He's giving his cult permission to thumb their noses at "political correctness" and be as bigoted as they want in what they say. This trumper missed something important (and rather obvious) if he didn't notice that part of the MAGA agenda is to Make Bigotry Great Again, but he should expect more of it.

[Baitball Blogger]

34. Wake me up when they get it.

[bmichaelh]

35. DEI Outrage is nonsense

DEI Outrage in MAGA World is nonsense.

Trump does not possess a rational mind.
He has prejudices and no amount of evidence will change his mind.

When Obama reformed healthcare, it was not the initial plan to forbid lifetime limits.
But that became part of the ACA and it saved lives including mine being a lymphoma survivor.
A rational mind changes based on new information.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/15/14563182/obamacare-lifetime-limits-ban

If Trump had been successful in repeal of ACA, it would have put my health at risk.
Lymphoma returned in 2019; I went through 4 different treatments over 2 years; all failed.
The fifth treatment was a success in part due to ban on lifetime limits.

[travelingthrulife]

46. Congratulations on your remission! May you enjoy every minute of it after all that hard work.

Former oncology RN, saw many patients and families go through this trauma. The hope, the crushing pain of relapse or progression. And during it all so many had to fight their insurance companies. The financial issues often cracked the family up, many lost their homes.

[orleans]

40. waaay down thread, here is the cnn clip/video on youtube

&t=216s

[kevinore]

41. Don't ask me to cry...

White people, black people, Asian, Hispanic, and other people who put this fascist liar in power have no ethical right to complain. The lot of them should first acknowledge the awful mistake they made, they should recant their foolishness, and they should refrain from commenting any further. If asked about the people they supported, the should be limited to one response, "I f***ed up/"

[Old Crank]

42. There is a word I am trying to remember..

For minorities that vote GOP.
Wait, wait, Oh. There it is!

USEFULL IDIOTS.

[NBachers]

43. You filled your plate - now eat it. Eat it all.

[C0RI0LANUS]

44. Why is everyone picking on me?

Better analogy:

[yardwork]

47. WHY do so many people think Trump is reasonable?

I'm guessing that this man supported Trump because he thought he would help the economy. And now he's disappointed that Trump is blathering about DEI.

But that's what Trump does! He's totally irrational and extreme, not good for the economy, and he constantly blathers about DEI.

[Martin68]

49. Every person who voted for Trump because they thought the Democratic Party was not helping them enough deserves

whatever they get from Trump.

[Zambero]

50. This medical axiom applies in a political context as well

"First, do no harm". Thwarting a reactionary political agenda in the face of an installed SCOTUS and (at best) divided Congress can very well be the best course of action. Enacting legislation meeting the Constitutional intents of promoting the common good and general welfare also need to be front-and-center. However, burning down the "system" in hope that a more responsive government will ensue is nothing short of a fool's folly.

[Aussie105]

52. A big disconnect . . .

The Biden administration wasn't perfect, and I feel I'm being neglected, taken for granted.

I know, I will vote for Trump! He is sure to do much better for me! After all, he promised, and couldn't do any worse!

And then they voted, and then . . . things got worse. Much worse. Bigly worse! The best worse you have ever seen, believe me!

Leopards, do what you do so well!

[Gum Logger]

53. As always, beware of the "sufistacated contrivance."

[LudwigPastorius]

54. Chickens For KFC member rips Colonel Sanders on CNN

[mercuryblues]

55. In remembrance of my last fuck to give

May it rest in eternal peace.

[KPN]

56. Too late you asshole. Should have taken trump for his word: he will never need you to

vote for him again. Because there's a good chance that may in fact be true and he intends to make it so. So fuck you forever!