By Bo Erickson
2026年2月19日 1:05 UTC（美国东部时间） | 更新于2小时前
[1/3]2026年2月18日，美国华盛顿特区白宫举行黑人历史月招待会，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普拥抱了福莱西娅·库克（Forlesia Cook），她的孙子因暴力事件遇害。REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
[1/3]2026年2月18日，美国华盛顿特区白宫举行黑人历史月招待会，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普拥抱了福莱西娅·库克（Forlesia Cook），她的孙子因暴力事件遇害。REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
华盛顿，2月18日（路透社） – 周三，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫举行的黑人历史月庆祝活动（该活动标志着黑人历史月开展100周年）中，重点介绍了政府中的顶尖黑人官员，驳斥了种族主义指控，并承诺非洲裔美国人将迎来”未来一个世纪的更多成功”。
总统的乐观言论与外界对其政府持续努力废除多元化、公平与包容政策的批评形成鲜明对比。此次活动发生在总统社交媒体账号发布一幅将前总统奥巴马和第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猿类的种族主义帖子引发轩然大波近两周之后。
当时，南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特迅速称该视频是”我在这白宫看到的最具种族主义的内容”。尽管愤怒情绪不断升级，白宫最初仍为该帖子辩护，批评这是”虚假的愤怒”，最终才将其删除。
总统表示，他没有看到奥巴马夫妇的视频片段，将帖子归咎于一名工作人员，拒绝道歉，并表示没有人受到纪律处分。
正处于第二任期的特朗普长期以来一直有分享种族主义言论的历史。他长期宣扬奥巴马（2009-2017年任总统）不是在美国出生的虚假阴谋论。白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特在周三的新闻发布会上称，媒体”抹黑”总统是种族主义者。
周三，特朗普向约100名受邀宾客发表热情洋溢的讲话，称赞了多位杰出的美国黑人。
总统两次称赞南卡罗来纳州参议员斯科特，并邀请多名黑人政府官员登上讲台，包括住房和城市发展部长斯科特·特纳（Scott Turner），特朗普称他”非常出色”；前总统竞选对手、第一任期内阁秘书本·卡森博士（Dr. Ben Carson），特朗普称他很快将获得总统自由勋章；以及白宫赦免专员爱丽丝·约翰逊（Alice Johnson），特朗普在2020年曾赦免她。
“当我见到她时，我就爱上她了，”特朗普谈到约翰逊时说。
当特朗普谈到其第一任期的刑事司法改革和近几个月严格的移民执法政策时，全场欢呼。”难怪在2024年我们赢得的非洲裔美国选民比历史上任何一位共和党总统候选人都多，”他回应道。
过去一年，特朗普因针对移民社区（包括索马里裔美国人和拉丁裔移民）的言论受到批评，他常将这些言论与更广泛的犯罪问题联系起来。正如他在周三邀请一名华盛顿特区地区的祖母上台（她的孙子2017年被杀害）时所做的那样。
民权倡导者和专家也表示，特朗普削减多元化项目和政策的努力可能会抹去数十年的进步。
“他很真诚，就像奶奶一样，”福莱西娅·库克在讲台上说，感谢特朗普敦促国民警卫队在首都巡逻，坚持对犯罪采取强硬态度。
“我爱他，”库克说，总统拍着她的背，”我不想听你说的那些’种族主义’的鬼话…别纠缠他了。让他干他的工作，他做得对，别再缠着他！”
特朗普连续第二天吹嘘自己与杰出黑人的数十年关系，以抹黑针对他的种族主义指控。在庆祝活动中，总统称赞拳击手迈克·泰森为他辩护的忠诚。
民权领袖杰西·杰克逊（Jesse Jackson）周二去世后，特朗普在网上发布了11张自己与杰克逊和其他黑人名人的合影，并写道：”尽管我一直被激进左翼的无赖和疯子民主党人（所有民主党人）错误地、持续地称为种族主义者，但我一直很乐意在各个方面帮助杰西。”
随着”再来四年”（four more years）的欢呼声，总统结束了周三的活动，展望未来。
“这是一个非常特别的群体，”特朗普说，”祝黑人历史月快乐，黑人历史年快乐，黑人历史世纪快乐。”
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Trump basks in Black History Month praise, dodging racism claims
By Bo Erickson
February 19, 2026 1:05 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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Item 1 of 3 U.S. President Donald Trump embraces Forlesia Cook, a grandmother who lost her grandson to violence, during a Black History Month reception at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 18, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
[1/3]U.S. President Donald Trump embraces Forlesia Cook, a grandmother who lost her grandson to violence, during a Black History Month reception at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 18, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday highlighted top Black administration officials, rejected accusations of racism and promised “a century more” of success for African Americans during a White House celebration marking 100 years of Black History Month.
The president’s upbeat remarks stood in contrast to criticism of the administration’s ongoing efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The event also came nearly two weeks after an uproar over a social media post on the president’s account that featured a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes.
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At the time, Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, quickly called the video, “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.” The White House, despite growing outrage, initially defended the post, criticized the “fake outrage,” and then ultimately, deleted it.
The president said he didn’t see the clip of the Obamas, blamed a staffer for the post, declined to apologize and later said no one was disciplined.
Trump, who is in his second term, has a history of sharing racist rhetoric. He long promoted the false conspiracy theory that Obama, the president from 2009 to 2017, was not born in the United States. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a Wednesday briefing said members of the media have “smeared” the president as a racist.
On Wednesday, Trump warmed up the invite-only crowd of around 100 guests by floating compliments to notable Black Americans.
The president twice complimented Scott, the South Carolina senator, and welcomed to the podium multiple Black administration officials, including Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, who Trump called “exceptional,” former presidential rival and first-term Cabinet secretary Dr. Ben Carson, who Trump said would soon receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and White House pardon czar Alice Johnson, who Trump issued a pardon to in 2020.
“When I met her, I fell in love,” Trump said about meeting Johnson.
Trump was cheered as he discussed criminal justice reform from his first term and strict immigration enforcement policies in recent months. “It’s no wonder that in 2024 we won more African American voters than any Republican presidential candidate in history,” he responded.
Trump in the past year has been criticized for rhetoric targeting immigrant communities, including Somali Americans and immigrants of Latin descent, often framing them within broader arguments about crime, as he did on Wednesday by inviting a Washington, D.C.-area grandmother on stage whose grandson was killed in 2017.
Civil rights advocates and experts have also said Trump’s efforts to curb diversity programs and policies could erase decades of progress.
“He keeps it real, just like grandma,” Forlesia Cook said at the podium, thanking Trump for urging the National Guard to patrol the capital to keep up the tough approach to crime.
“I love him,” Cook said, as the president patted her back, “I don’t want to hear nothing you got to say about that ‘racist’ stuff…get off the man’s back. Let him do his job, he’s doing the right thing, back up off him!”
Trump, for a second day in a row, touted decades-long relationships with prominent Black Americans to discredit accusations of racism towards him. At the celebration event, the president complimented the loyalty of fighter Mike Tyson for defending him.
After the death of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on Tuesday, Trump posted 11 photos online of himself next to Jackson and other Black celebrities, and wrote that “despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way.”
Following a chant of “four more years,” the president ended Wednesday’s event looking ahead.
“This is a very special group of people,” Trump said, “So happy Black History Month, happy Black History Year, and happy Black History Century.”
Reporting by Bo Erickson, Steve Holland, and Bianca Flowers; Editing by Kat Stafford and Lincoln Feast
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