President Trump displayed confidence Friday that his support among African-Americans is growing in the wake of his meeting with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office.
“We’re asking all African-American voters to honor us with their support this November,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Lebanon, Ohio. “Get away from the Democrats. They’ve done nothing.”
Trump boasted about black Americans faring better under his administration, saying “we have the best numbers in history on employment and unemployment and median income.”
The unemployment rate for African Americans in September was 6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s almost double the national unemployment rate of 3.7 percent.
“I think we’re going to get the African-American vote,” he said, pointing to West’s Thursday visit to the White House. “It’s true. Kanye West, what he did was pretty amazing yesterday. Pretty amazing.”
Trump’s freewheeling meeting with West was televised Thursday, in which the hip-hop star declared his love for the president while wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.