Trump to Meet Martin Luther King Jr.s Eldest Son to Observe Holiday

[pnwmom]

Source: NYTIMES

WASHINGTON President-elect Donald J. Trump will meet on Monday with the eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to discuss the legacy and observe the holiday of the civil rights icon, Mr. Trumps spokesman said.

The unexpected move comes as tensions escalate between the incoming president and a number of prominent black elected officials after Mr. Trump feuded with Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, who had fought for civil rights alongside King.

Sean Spicer, Mr. Trumps press secretary and communications director, announced the planned meeting in New York between Mr. Trump and Martin Luther King III in a morning posting on Twitter. It came two days after the president-elect had taken to the social media platform to attack Mr. Lewis after the congressman said an interview that he would not attend the inauguration and did not see Mr. Trump as a legitimate president because of questions about whether Russian hacking had affected the American election.

Mr. Trump hit back on Saturday with Twitter postings calling Mr. Lewis, who was brutally beaten in the Bloody Sunday march in 1965 in Selma, Ala., all talk, and saying that instead of falsely complaining about the election results, he should focus on fixing his falling apart and crime infested Georgia district.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/us/politics/donald-trump-martin-luther-king-jr-son.html?_r=0

---

And here is a link to The Hill's report, which includes some quotes from MLK 111 himself.

MLK 111 says it was "a very productive meeting."



I wonder if MLK 111 is going to be marching on January 20th, or if this is an effort to head him off.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/314476-mlk-iii-refuses-to-say-whether-trumps-criticism-of-lewis-offended-him

[Coolest Ranger]

1. Dang did he not learn from the backlash

from Steve Harvey. My god, I wouldn't want to be in the same room with Trump

[George II]

2. MLK III is a classy individual (and not Trump), he would never publicly disparage the "meeting".

So when is Trump going to meet with John Lewis to apologize?

[pnwmom]

3. I wish he hadn't gone to that well-timed meeting. The strategy is clearly

"divide and conquer."

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Agreed. The fuhrer doesn't deserve the time of day. nt

[ananda]

5. I wonder why MLK III would do that?

I just don't get it.

[SunSeeker]

10. I'm guessing money.

Unlike his father, MLK III seems to be driven by love of the filthy lucre rather than justice.

He sued his brother Dexter at one point, over money, and Dexter counter-sued, alleging MLK III kept a $55,000 Lincoln Navigator SUV donated to the King Center for his own personal use, and that he "commandeered a reception" being held at the King Center and "turned it into his own wedding reception."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_III

[chelsea0011]

6. It really says a lot about Trump that he couldn't get off his fat ass and attend

a function, a breakfast, a prayer meeting, or just anything. Instead he gets a son of MLK to come to him.

[SunSeeker]

7. MLK III let himself be used by Shitler for a photo op.

Fucking disgusting.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. sure did. propaganda minister kellyanne is touting MLK 3's acceptance of trump.

she's twisting it, because they set him up

[SunSeeker]

9. Yup. Saw her on MSNBC this evening talking up the love Trump got from MLK III.

[MountCleaners]

11. They wouldn't have to do that if they weren't nervous

...about the fact that they're a bunch of racist twats, and everyone's calling them on it.

Like Obama would have to tout something like that.

[SunSeeker]

12. Of course. Trump used MLK III as a fig leaf to cover his junk. nt

[Cha]

13. Disgusting.. did he not see the fucking racist tweets he fired off @

John Lewis?

trump is a poisoned piece of shite

[Blue Idaho]

14. Riding the Elevator has taken on a whole new meaning.

What a disappointing sell out.

[onetexan]

15. Why the hell is MLK jr's son meeting with this orange racist??

Publicity mongering??