President Trump was upset when he got wind of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s to paint “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue opposite Trump Tower, calling the painting a “symbol of hate.”
“This will further antagonize New York’s Finest, who LOVE New York & vividly remember the horrible BLM chant, ‘Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon,'” Trump wrote. “Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!”
DeBlasio feels differently:
“It’s an important message to the whole nation, and obviously we want the president to hear it because he’s never shown respect for those three words,” he said during a recent interview.
“When he hears Black Lives Matter, he presents a horrible, negative reality of something that doesn’t exist, and he misses the underlying meaning that we’re saying we have to honor the role of African-Americans in our history and in our society.”