U.S. President Donald Trump and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton are now battling a fierce war over race relations. This, after Trump lashed out at Elijah Cummings and the Democratic congressman’s majority-black district of Baltimore, calling it a “disgusting, rat-and-rodent infested mess.” Trump insists he’s not a racist, but as Jackson Proskow reports, racial rhetoric is clearly a big part of Trump’s strategy.
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