Trump made very astute comments during the campaign. He laid out some plans to improve inner-city living quality and prosperity, construction and more.
He has made some good moves in office, listening to community and even giving clemency to some people given abusive sentences for their singular crime.
He will meet Kanye West today.
IMO he needs to step this up and deliver on some bigger ideas, and if he can come through he can strip that 10% or more of the Black vote. All he has to do is deliver on promises that Democrats always make and fail to deliver.
As a non-Black, so with a grain of salt, I’d love to see him make a push for school vouchers. This is a big one in the black community but not an easy one for the Federal government to force. But allocating cash to districts that open up vouchers is one thing they can do.
Perhaps more than anything, would be for him to take his tour into some of the hardest hit areas. He will take organized fire from the entrenched interests but it would be a coup if he could take the energy and turn it into more of a “love fest” Go to Gary Indiana and invite his white supporters to show up as well and show the love. He can make an effort to heal the divisions while also explaining how politics works - he told them “what do you have to lose” in 2016. In 2018 and 2020 he needs to show them what they have to gain. They lose because they are supporting the party out of power. If they can cross over just a bit they will have a real voice.
15%-20% of blacks moving to the GOP would punch way above their weight they would have enormous political power. They are simply not being told why and how it works to their advantage to put their votes in play.
Trump also addressed Blacks and asked for their votes by saying “What have you got to lose”?