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Trump’s Museum Visit Tried to Project Unity, But the Week’s Record Said Otherwise

Trump visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture on February 21, 2017, in an apparent effort to project inclusion and national unity. The problem was that the administration’s actual posture toward civil rights and minority communities had already been defined by hard-edged policy moves and hostile rhetoric, making the visit look more like image repair than genuine outreach.

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Trump’s Museum Visit Tried to Project Unity, But the Week’s Record Said Otherwise

Trump visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture on February 21, 2017, in an apparent effort to project inclusion and national unity. The problem was that the administration’s actual posture toward civil rights and minority communities had already been defined by hard-edged policy moves and hostile rhetoric, making the visit look more like image repair than genuine outreach.

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Trump’s Museum Visit Tried to Project Unity, But the Week’s Record Said Otherwise

Trump visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture on February 21, 2017, in an apparent effort to project inclusion and national unity. The problem was that the administration’s actual posture toward civil rights and minority communities had already been defined by hard-edged policy moves and hostile rhetoric, making the visit look more like image repair than genuine outreach.

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