BET founder Bob Johnson said he’s hopeful that President-elect Donald Trump will improve the lives of black Americans.

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In an interview with CNN Monday night, Johnson said he had a positive discussion with Trump on Sunday in New Jersey.

"I came away from the meeting understanding that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE is committed to reaching out to African-Americans."

Johnson, who backed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE during the presidential campaign, said he told Trump, "Don't say to black Americans, 'What do you have to lose?' Say to black Americans, 'What do you have to gain by a Trump presidency?' "

He also responded to video that’s making the rounds of people at a white nationalist conference where people said, “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” according to The Atlantic.

"I know that there are people like that in America,” Johnson said. “It's been that way ever since slavery existed in this country and they're not going to go away tomorrow or the next day."

He said Trump’s "gotta show me what they're going to deliver to make those kind of silly Nazi behavior[s] irrelevant to black America."

A spokesman for Trump’s transition team said in a statement Monday night that the president-elect condemns racism.

Johnson said he believes Trump and thinks he’ll reject such rhetoric.

He also said he would not serve in a Trump administration, though he urged black Americans to be open to supporting Trump, saying, “If we can find common ground with President-elect Trump, we ought to do it in the best interest of African-Americans and the best interest of the country."