over the weekend , Trump Jr. said his father wasn’t called racist before he got into politics. During an interview with The Daily Caller published, Trump Jr. said his father wasn’t called racist before he got into politics.

“You know it’s amazing — all the rappers, all his African-American friends, from Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, have pictures with him,” he said.

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Public photos show Trump with rappers including Ja Rule, Puff Daddy, Odd Future, Snoop Dogg and Lil Jon from his years as a New York business mogul.





Kanye West met with then-President-elect Trump at Tower Trump in December 2016, and has said he would have voted for him.

Jay-Z publicly criticized Trump for reportedly calling Haiti, El Salvador and African nations “shithole countries.” Trump fired back in a tweet, touting the drop in black unemployment under his presidency.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is frequently critical of Trump on his stance on civil rights, even leading a march in protest of Trump’s inauguration.

Sharpton wrote a scathing op-ed about Trump on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, accusing him of emboldening racist ideologies.

Democrats, media members, outside groups, international officials, celebrities and some Republicans called Trump racist after the reported “shithole countries” remark.