Donald Trump praises late Rev. Jackson as ‘good man,’ claims he disliked Barack Obama

President Trump paid tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as a “good man” and “force of nature” but claimed the late civil rights leader “couldn’t stand” former President Barack Obama.

Mixing praise with petty digs, Trump claimed during his days as a New York real estate tycoon he was friends with Jackson, and he ticked off a few shared political priorities like Black economic empowerment zones and funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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