唐纳德·特朗普总统在周三的白宫黑人历史月活动上称赞民权活动家杰西·杰克逊是“真正的英雄”，就在杰克逊去世一天后。
“我想首先表达一种悲伤，因为一个人去世了。我非常了解杰西，他是个……他是个有个性的人。但他是个好人，是个真正的英雄。”特朗普周三表示，赢得了观众的欢呼。
周三，特朗普在白宫接待了来自黑人社区的领袖，以纪念2月份的黑人历史月。活动开始时，他说现场“座无虚席”，并且即将举办的白宫宴会厅将能容纳更多人。
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1988年1月22日，新泽西州大西洋城特朗普广场赌场酒店，唐纳德·特朗普和杰西·杰克逊牧师与酒店休息室表演的不知名歌手出席泰森与霍姆斯赛前派对。（Jeffrey Asher/盖蒂图片社）
特朗普在周二的Truth Social帖子中对杰克逊的去世表示哀悼，并在周三详细阐述说，两人的关系“一直越来越好”。
“很多人你认识之后，关系会越来越糟。杰西却越来越好。但在我成为总统之前就已经很了解他了，他真的很特别，充满个性、坚韧和街头智慧。”特朗普继续说道。
84岁的杰克逊周二去世。其死因尚未确定，但他长期以来患有包括罕见神经系统疾病在内的健康问题。
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“我要告诉你们，他很爱交际，真心热爱人民，是一股自然力量，我们会非常想念他。今天在场的每一个人，我知道你们会和我一起向他的家人表示慰问。”特朗普继续说道。
2021年6月25日，芝加哥奥本格雷斯姆区圣萨比娜教堂领导的“以和平入侵我们的社区”每周五和平游行中，杰西·杰克逊牧师走向游行队伍前方。（Vashon Jordan Jr./芝加哥论坛报/论坛新闻服务通过盖蒂图片社）
周三的活动包括庆祝美国黑人的遗产、特朗普政府时期的经济成就，以及特朗普重新提出2025年的声明——前住房和城市发展部长本·卡森（曾在特朗普第一任期内任职）将获得总统自由勋章。
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“本将获得总统自由勋章。这是国会荣誉勋章之外的最高奖项。”特朗普表示。
President Donald Trump praised civil rights activist Jesse Jackson as a “real hero” during a White House Black History Month event Wednesday, just a day after Jackson’s death.
“I wanted to begin by expressing a sadness that the passing of a person who was. I knew very well Jesse was a piece of work. He was a piece of work. But he was a good man. He was a real hero,” Trump said on Wednesday, earning cheers from the audience.
Trump hosted leaders from the Black community at the White House Wednesday to honor Black History Month in February. He remarked as the event kicked off that there was a “sold-out crowd” and that the upcoming White House ballroom would accommodate far more people.
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Donald Trump and the Rev. Jesse Jackson with unknown singers from hotel lounge act at Tyson vs Holmes pre-fight party at Trump Plaza Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jan. 22, 1988.(Jeffrey Asher/ Getty Images)
Trump had lamented Jackson’s death in a prior Truth Social post Tuesday, elaborating on Wednesday that the pair’s relationship got “better and better all the time.”
“A lot of people you get to know, they get worse and worse. Jesse got better and better. But I knew him well long before becoming president, and he really was special, with lots of personality, grit and street smarts,” Trump continued.
Jackson, 84, died Tuesday. His cause of death has not been identified, but he had suffered from health issues including living with a rare neurological condition.
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Jackson was a two-time Democratic presidential candidate, and longtime civil rights leader who joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s before his assassination, and was the founder of civil rights group, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
Donald Trump and Jesse Jackson attend Tyson-Spinks Boxing Match on June 27, 1988, at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.(Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
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“I will tell you, he was gregarious and someone who truly loved people and a force of nature, who is, somebody that we’re going to greatly miss. And on behalf of everyone here today, I know you join me in sending our condolences to the entire family,” Trump continued.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson walks to the front of the “Invading our community with peace” weekly Friday peace walk led by St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham, Chicago, June 25, 2021.(Vashon Jordan Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Wednesday’s event included celebrating the legacy of Black Americans, economic wins under the Trump administration, as well as Trump reigniting his 2025 announcement that former Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who served under Trump’s first term, would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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“Ben’s getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s the highest award you can have outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump said.
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