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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫活动上宣布，前住房和城市发展部（HUD）部长本·卡森（Ben Carson）将获得总统自由勋章。该活动是为了纪念黑人历史月100周年而举行的，期间与会者一度高呼“再来四年”。
“本将获得总统自由勋章，”特朗普表示，“这是除国会荣誉勋章之外你能获得的最高奖项。”
特朗普称卡森将在未来的仪式上获得美国最高平民荣誉，并对他说：“本，我很快会再回到这里。我想你会获得这个奖项。”
此次宣布之际，特朗普将致敬与文化引用、政策和政治主张（包括刑事司法改革、减少犯罪和边境执法）相结合，同时在白宫接待了“许多杰出的非裔美国领袖和爱国者”。
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特朗普在活动开始时指出：“我们庆祝黑人历史月100周年。”
他随后谈到杰西·杰克逊牧师的逝世，称：“我想首先表达我对一位我非常了解的人的逝去的悲痛。杰西是个有缺点的人，但他是个好人。”
“我只想向杰西·杰克逊牧师致以最高敬意，”特朗普补充道，称他“真是个英雄”，并表示“他真的很特别，充满个性、毅力和街头智慧。”
特朗普介绍了住房和城市发展部部长斯科特·特纳（Scott Turner），并将卡森带到房间前排，指出卡森曾推荐特纳。卡森称赞特纳在机会区（opportunity zones）方面的作用，称：“他真的是机会区背后的推动力”，并描述特朗普的做法是“公私合作，让每个人都有‘利益相关’。”
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唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫东厅的黑人历史月活动中与前住房和城市发展部部长本·卡森以及现任住房和城市发展部部长斯科特·特纳交谈（2026年2月18日，Saul Loeb/法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
片刻之后，特朗普回到卡森身边，详细阐述了该奖项。
“之所以更好，是因为，你知道，很多人获得国会荣誉勋章，但他们已经不在了，”特朗普说，“但这是平民的最高奖项。”
在利奥·特蕾尔（Leo Terrell）发表讲话后，特朗普感谢他：“利奥，说得很好。”随后，聚集的人群爆发出“再来四年”的口号。
稍后，在列举黑人艺术家和运动员时，特朗普特别提到了说唱歌手妮琪·米娜。
妮琪·米娜在 backlash 后摆脱身份政治，并表示自己是特朗普的头号粉丝
唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫东厅的黑人历史月活动中发表讲话（2026年2月18日，Saul Loeb/法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
“我爱妮琪·米娜。她几周前在这里。”
“太漂亮了，”他补充道，“而且她明白了。更重要的是，她明白了。”
特朗普将周三的庆祝活动与更广泛的国家时刻联系起来，称：“黑人历史月实际上就是美国历史”，并提到了即将推出的 America250 活动。
总统概述了一系列针对黑人社区的政策成就，称他“单枪匹马为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学确保了创纪录的长期资金”。
“我们完成了刑事司法改革，”他补充道，“没人认为这能做到。”
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特朗普将这些政策与选举表现联系起来，称：“难怪在2024年，我们获得的非裔美国人选票比历史上任何一位共和党总统都多。”
特朗普还引用了经济指标，称：“本月早些时候，道琼斯工业平均指数首次突破50,000点。标准普尔指数突破7,000点。”
“今天工作的美国人比美国历史上任何时候都多，”他说，“自从我上任以来，非裔美国人就业人数增加了182,000人。”
总统还推动了一项税收提案，邀请一位来自阿肯色州的小企业主发言。
她告诉听众：“对小费免税对我来说是个惊人的祝福。”
特朗普随后转向犯罪和边境执法，称“我们需要秩序”，并声称：“华盛顿特区太棒了。一年前它是犯罪之都，是一场恐怖秀，非常危险。而现在它是全国最安全的城市之一。”
“我们的谋杀案数量是125年来（自1990年以来）最低的，”他说，“就在一年前，我们面临的边境是有史以来最糟糕的，而现在我们拥有有史以来最安全的边境。”
他还表示，他“已部署国民警卫队，以恢复孟菲斯、新奥尔良和华盛顿的安全”，称国民警卫队“非常出色”。
他还请爱丽丝·约翰逊（Alice Johnson）发言，称她是白宫的“赦免 czar”，并讲述了她的案件。
“我们让她出来了。我们进行了减刑……我说，完全赦免。”特朗普说。
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约翰逊称赞特朗普的《第一步法案》（First Step Act），称：“特朗普总统在第一任期内做了一件历史性的事情。他签署了《第一步法案》成为法律。超过40,000人提前回到了家人身边。”
特朗普在结束时称这次集会是“一群非常特别的人”。
“很高兴黑人历史月快乐，黑人历史年快乐，黑人历史世纪快乐，”他说。
贾丝明·贝尔（Jasmine Baehr）是福克斯新闻数字版的突发新闻作家，负责报道政治、军事、信仰和文化。
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President Donald Trump announced that former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House event marking the 100th anniversary of Black History Month as attendees at one point broke into chants of “four more years.”
“Ben’s getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump said. “It’s the highest award you can have outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor.”
Trump said Carson would receive the nation’s top civilian honor at a future ceremony, telling him, “Ben, I’ll be seeing you back here pretty soon. I think you’re going to get the award.”
The announcement came as Trump mixed tributes and cultural references with policy and political claims, including criminal justice reform, crime reduction and border enforcement while hosting “many exceptional African American leaders and patriots” at the White House.
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Trump opened the event by noting, “We celebrate the 100th anniversary of Black History Month.”
He then addressed the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying, “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.
“I just want to pay my highest respects to Reverend Jesse Jackson,” Trump added, calling him “a real hero” and saying “he really was special, with lots of personality, grit and street smarts.”
Trump introduced HUD Secretary Scott Turner and brought Carson to the front of the room, noting Carson had recommended Turner. Carson praised Turner’s role in opportunity zones, saying, “He was really the driving force behind the opportunity zones” and described Trump’s approach as “public private partnerships and had everybody with skin in the game.”
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President Donald Trump speaks alongside former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and current Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner during a Black History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Moments later, Trump returned to Carson and elaborated on the award.
“It’s better because, you know, a lot of people get the Congressional Medal of Honor, and they’re not around,” Trump said. “But it’s the highest award [for] a civilian.”
After remarks from Leo Terrell whom Trump thanked, saying, “Leo, that was very good,” the crowd assembled broke into a chant of “four more years.”
Later, while listing Black artists and athletes, Trump singled out rapper Nicki Minaj.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a Black History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
“I love Nicki Minaj. She was here a couple of weeks ago.”
“So beautiful,” he added. “And she gets it. And, more importantly, she gets it.”
Trump linked Wednesday’s celebration to a broader national moment, saying, “Black History Month is really all about American history” and referencing upcoming America250 programming.
The President outlined a series of policy accomplishments for the black community, saying he “single-handedly secured record long-term funding for” historically Black colleges and universities.
“We got criminal justice reform done,” he added. “Nobody thought it can be done.”
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President Donald Trump greets Alice Marie Johnson, the “White House Pardon Czar,” during a Black History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump tied those policies to electoral performance, saying, “It’s no wonder that, in 2024, we won more African-American votes than any Republican president in history.”
Trump also cited economic indicators, saying, “Earlier this month the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 50,000 for the first time ever. The S&P broke 7,000.”
“More Americans are working today than at any time in American history,” he said. “Since I took office, African American employment has increased by 182,000.”
The president also promoted a tax proposal, inviting a small business owner from Arkansas to speak.
She told the audience, “No tax on tips has been an amazing blessing for me.”
Trump later pivoted to crime and border enforcement, arguing “we need order,” and claiming, “Washington, D.C., is amazing. It was a crime capital. It was a horror show a year ago. It was really dangerous. And now it’s one of the safest cities anywhere in the country.”
“We have the lowest murder numbers in 125 years since 1990,” he said. “Just one year ago, we had the absolute worst border that we’ve ever had, and now we have the safest border that we’ve ever had.”
He also said he had “deployed the National Guard to bring back safety to Memphis and to New Orleans and Washington,” calling the Guard “incredible.”
He also gave the floor to Alice Johnson, whom he described as the White House “pardon czar,” recounting her case.
“We got her out. We did a commutation. … I said, full pardon,” Trump said.
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Johnson credited Trump with the First Step Act, saying, “President Trump did something historic in his first term. He signed the First Step Act into law. Over 40,000 individuals have come home to their families early.”
Trump closed by calling the gathering “a very special group of people.”
“So happy Black History Month, happy black history year and happy black history century,” he said.
Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.
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