Reparations, Project 2025 not discussed as Trump clashes with Black journalists

While the world was watching, three Black journalists questioned former Re­publican presidential candidate and for­mer President Donald Trump before a Black media organization. He insulted the moderator and in classic Trump style, he made many false claims that he repeated as polit­ical talking points. Some questions during the interview were tough, while others were not. However, in a highly watched interview that lasted just 37 minutes, two of the most critical issues that concern Black America were not discussed. Does Trump support giving reparations to Blacks who are still struggling centuries after wealthy white plantation owners prospered on the backs of poor enslaved Blacks? And does Trump support Proj­ect 2025, his former conservative cab­inet members’ plan to radically trans­form the federal government? Those questions were not asked during a contentious interview on Wednesday, July 31, the first day of the National As­sociation of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention at the Chicago Hilton. The interviewers were ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott, Semafor’s Kadia Goba and Fox News host Harris Faulkner. Over 1,100 people crowded the hotel’s grand ballroom to hear Trump spew false infor­mation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity and his claim that most Amer­icans wanted the landmark U.S. Supreme...