President Donald Trump puzzled people on Wednesday with his rambling reply to a question about his targeting of Harvard University.
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During a NewsNation town hall, ESPN host and potential 2028 presidential hopeful Stephen A. Smith asked Trump ― who called in to the event ― to explain his administration’s threat to withhold funding to the institution, partly in protest of its so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
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But Trump responded with comments about the New York neighborhood of Harlem, which was once considered the capital of Black America.
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Trump said: “We had riots in Harlem, in Harlem, and frankly, if you look at what’s gone on, and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen. And they protested very strongly against Harvard. They happened to be on my side. You know, I got a very high Black vote. You know that. Very, very high Black vote. It was a very great compliment.”
Trump weaved and rambled a little bit more before actually referencing the university by appearing to claim that Black people “agree with what I’m doing with respect to Harvard.”
Critics on social media had… thoughts.
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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