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So says Rev. Darrel Scott.
Reason? Criminal and prison reform, of which Trump is a big advocate. Also, pardons of prominent blacks that had been denied pardons by Clinton and Obama. Trump has also met with groups of black ministers at the White House to listen to their concerns. They are not necessarily his supporters, but he reaches out to them.
And then you have Dennis Rodman, who said that Obama wouldn't give him the time of day. But Trump listened to what he had to say about North Korea's leader Kim Jung-un, and Rodman believes it helped pave the way to an agreement.
It seems to be a class thing. All those prison convicts, non-violent drug offenders, Rodman, Alice Johnson, and Jack Johnson weren't in Obama's class, but Trump apparently sees them as fellow travelers just as he goes out of his way to chat up construction workers, service people, security people, and so on.
I don't know if this is Trump's reason for doing this, but some are saying something like 15 or 20 percent of the black vote could shift to him. You can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye if that happens.
What agreement ? Our ending military exercises in exchange for a promise ? Hardly takes anything to do that.