President Donald Trump used the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson to highlight his personal accomplishments and take a swipe at former President Barack Obama, asserting the civil rights leader had little tolerance for the former president.
In a Tuesday morning Truth Social post, Trump remembered Jackson as “a force of nature” who set the stage for Obama to win the 2008 election. Jackson’s two unsuccessful presidential campaigns in the 1980s are credited with helping mobilize Black voters and establishing a dominant Black voice in the Democratic Party.
