Washington – President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader.
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Trump was joined by Vice President Mike Pence on a frigid and windy day. The two laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial, then held a brief moment of silence.
Trump told reporters as he departed that it was a “great day” and a “beautiful day,” but did not respond to questions about the partial government shutdown, now in its 31st day.
The visit lasted less than two minutes.
Trump had been criticized earlier in the day by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who said it was “an insult to the American people” that the White House was not commemorating the holiday with an event.
The president’s memorial visit had not been listed on his public schedule and reporters traveling with him were not informed of Trump’s destination until they arrived.
Trump tweeted earlier: “Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God.”
at least he went to MLK and is in Washington instead of vacationing like the DemocRATS
Nice fascist racist MAGA photo op for the Orange Fuhrer. No event. No speech. No nothing from Herr Nothingness. Just voter repression. Kids separated from parents, kept in cages, deported. Tax cutz for his rich. No health care. Racism vs Jews, American Indians, Latinos spreading across the landt. All on MLK Day…
He wants Mexico to pay for the MLK monument.
Why wasn’t Trump in PR like the rest of the democrats?