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Many presidents — including the nation’s first, George Washington — owned slaves. At a White House briefing later Wednesday, Trump responded to a question about Biden’s comments by pointing to his administration’s efforts passing criminal justice reform legislation and expanding opportunity zones, as well as the low unemployment numbers for minority groups before the coronavirus outbreaks Share This Item On Facebook Share This Item Via WhatsApp Shar Joe Biden  said Wednesday that President  Donald Trump  was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union. When a questioner complained of racism surrounding the coronavirus outbreak and mentioned the president referring to it as the “China virus,” Biden responded by blasting Trump and “his spread of racism.” “The way he deals with people based on the colour of their skin, their national o...

Why the Donald Trump-West Point ramp story actually matters. President Donald Trump's  slow and halting descent down a ramp following his commencement speech at West Point lit up the internet over the weekend, with many speculating about whether he was in ill health. View this interactive content on CNN.com Trump, because he is Trump, responded to the criticism late Saturday night with this tweet: "The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing I was going to do is 'fall' for the Fake News to have fun with. Final ten feet I ran down to level ground. Momentum!" Trump's claim that the ramp had been 'very slippery' was inconsistent with the weather, which on Saturday in West Point, N.Y., was sunny and clear-skied. The grass plain on which the commencement took place was dry. Here's the thing: It  is  a ...

Trump: 'Generally speaking' chokeholds should be banned. The US president appeared conflicted in an interview about his views on chokeholds, depending on how many people were involved. U.S President Donald Trump has spoken about the use of chokeholds by police, saying "generally speaking" the practice should be ended. Mr Trump's views came across as somewhat conflicted during the interview on Fox News, where he said "the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent and so perfect" in "one-on-one struggling". "Sometimes if you're alone, and you're fighting someone whose tough, and you get somebody in a chokehold... What are you gonna do now? Let go and say: 'Oh let's start all over again? I'm not allowed to have you in a chokehold'," he said. President Trump: "I don't like chokeholds...generally speaking, it should be ended." ...