Reverend Al Sharpton has accused President Donald Trump of ‘priding himself’ in pandering to hate groups in America.
The civil rights activist said that the president has become a ‘symbol of Northern bigotry’ and reducing the presidency to ‘name calling and exorcising his grudges and vengeance’.
During his first year in office, President Trump has famously called white supremacist protesters ‘very fine people’, pardoned an Arizona sheriff convicted of racial profiling and tried to ban transgender people from serving in the US military.
Critical: Rev Al Sharpton said Trump has reduced his presidency to ‘name calling and exorcising his grudges ‘, and accused him of ‘priding himself’ in pandering to hate groups
Trump, 71, has also become known for taking to Twitter to attack political opponents and celebrities, and accusing everyone from the media to a grieving war widow of lying at the slightest hit of criticism.
Rev Al Sharpton, 63, has previously said he had hoped Trump would grow into his office, but during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, he made it clear he has given up.
‘He has really prided himself in becoming something that plays to small segment of America that’s hateful, that’s trying to go to the past,’ Rev. Sharpton said according to Newsweek
He also branded Trump is ‘a man that has taken the presidency and reduced to name-calling and reduced to trying to exorcise his grudges and vengeance.’
Among many things achieved in his first year in office, Trump called white supremacist protesters ‘very fine people’ and pardoned an Arizona sheriff convicted of racial profiling
The most recent polls suggest that Rev. Sharpton is not the only one who has given up on President Trump.
As of this week, just 45 per cent of likely U.S. voters think President Trump is doing a good job, according to the Rasmussen Reports.
The poll found that a full 53 per cent disapprove or strongly disapprove of his job performance so far.
This can be compared to his predecessor Barack Obama, who had 68 per cent approving of his job performance at the end of his first year in office.
However, the Rasmussen Reports’ figures are still a lot more positive than the CNN presidential approval rating poll, which found that just 35 per cent thinks Trump is doing a good job.
This is the lowest ever of a modern-day president at the end of his first year in office.
Even the ‘runner-up’, Ronald Reagan, had a 49 per cent approval in 1981, according to CNN.
This can be compared to George W Bush whose end-of-year approval was at 86 per cent in 2001 and Nixon in 1969 at 59 per cent.