NEW YORK: President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Jay-Z on his Twitter feed, likely in response to the rap mogul’s denunciations of the US leader in an interview.
“Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!” Trump tweeted.
Trump was accurately pointing to record-low unemployment for US minorities, although critics note that the US economic expansion began under his predecessor Barack Obama.
Jay-Z, who along with his wife Beyoncé became friends and political allies of Obama, in the interview broadcast Saturday on CNN said that Trump’s belittling remarks toward people of color overshadowed any employment data.
“Money doesn’t equate to happiness. It doesn’t. That’s missing the whole point,” said Jay-Z, no stranger to flashing his material wealth.
“You treat people like human beings, then that’s the main point,” he told host Van Jones, a former aide to Obama.
Jay-Z said that Trump’s election laid bare the persistence of racism in the United States and voiced dismay at the president’s reported quip that he did not want immigrants coming from “shithole” countries in Africa or predominantly black Haiti.
“It’s real hurtful. Because it’s looking down at a whole population of people and it’s so misinformed because these places have beautiful people and beautiful everything,” Jay-Z said.
“Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!” Trump tweeted.
Trump was accurately pointing to record-low unemployment for US minorities, although critics note that the US economic expansion began under his predecessor Barack Obama.
Jay-Z, who along with his wife Beyoncé became friends and political allies of Obama, in the interview broadcast Saturday on CNN said that Trump’s belittling remarks toward people of color overshadowed any employment data.
“Money doesn’t equate to happiness. It doesn’t. That’s missing the whole point,” said Jay-Z, no stranger to flashing his material wealth.
“You treat people like human beings, then that’s the main point,” he told host Van Jones, a former aide to Obama.
Jay-Z said that Trump’s election laid bare the persistence of racism in the United States and voiced dismay at the president’s reported quip that he did not want immigrants coming from “shithole” countries in Africa or predominantly black Haiti.
“It’s real hurtful. Because it’s looking down at a whole population of people and it’s so misinformed because these places have beautiful people and beautiful everything,” Jay-Z said.
