Trump seems to recognize for first time that Biden could succeed him

President Trump credited himself on Wednesday for bringing attention to the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States after he first scheduled a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla.Trump acknowledged in the interview that he was also one of the people who had never heard of Juneteenth, which is this Friday, until quite recently, when he was informed about the significance of the date from a Secret Service agent who is Black.

But during the interview, the president was also unaware that the White House had issued statements commemorating the holiday in each of the years he has been in office. Informed by an aide of those prior statements as he spoke with the Journal, the president expressed surprise.The controversy over Trump’s rally comes as protests continue over police killings of Black civilians and a national debate over Civil War monuments.Trump told the Journal that he opposed renaming 10 Army bases around the country named after Confederate generals, 

Saying the initial rationale for elevating the memory of those who fought against the Union was to unite the country after the Civil War.“And now you’re going to take them off? You’re going to bring people apart,” he said. I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause he did good although it’s always questionable, you known, in other words, the end result .

We had previously scheduled our #MAGA Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for June 19th – a big deal. Unfortunately, however, this would fall on the Juneteenth Holiday. Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date out...