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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President attempted to silence then angrily demeaned Yamiche Alcindor, a Black female reporter, on Friday when she pressed him on rising unemployment figures for Black and Asian workers.The put-down occurred after Trump crowed in a Rose Garden statement about a unemployment figure for the nation in May. The president shockingly claimed that it was a — the Black man a white police officer killed last month in Minneapolis — because he would be pleased “looking down” at the jobs stats.AdvertisementThough white unemployment fell from 14.2% to 12.4% in May, the jobless rate for Black and Asian workers . Black unemployment .When Alcindor, who works for PBS, asked the president to explain how he plans to address systemic racism in the country, he held a finger to his lips, then seconds later said: “A strong economy.”When she asked how worsening jobless figures for Asians and Blacks were “a victory,” as Trump had claimed, he shook his head angrily and told her: “You are something else.” (Check it out in the video above.)My question to President Trump just now: Why haven’t you laid out a plan to address systemic racism? What is the plan?His response: A strong economy.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche)AdvertisementMy Q to President Trump just now: Overall, U.S. unemployment rate fell by 1 %. Black unemployment rate went up .1%. Asian American rate went up by .5%. How is that a victory?His response to me: “You are something.”Note: It’s a crucial question.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche).: "Black unemployment went up by 0.1%, Asian American unemployment went up by 0.5% how is that a victory?"President Trump: "You are something else." — PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour)Trump’s dismissive attitude toward Alcindor — and the issues she raised — only amplified the cause of the anti-racism protests riveting the nation.The gap in the job stats is significant. Economists fear that COVID-19, which has already claimed a disproportionate number of Black lives, could destroy hard-fought job gains over the last decade.“The thing that disturbs me is them to make up the gap,” Jared Bernstein, a fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and member of former President Barack Obama’s economic team, told CNBC.AdvertisementTrump’s Rose Garden appearance had been billed as a press conference, but he instead made a short speech and refused to take questions from the press.Chairs for the media were initially spaced six feet apart to comply with guidelines by the to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. But they were then moved close together because it “,” the White House press office said.Jonathan Karl of ABC News, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, complained that reporters were for a press conference that wasn’t.Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President attempted to silence then angrily demeaned Yamiche Alcindor, a Black female reporter, on Friday when she pressed him on rising unemployment figures for Black and Asian workers.The put-down occurred after Trump crowed in a Rose Garden statement about a unemployment figure for the nation in May. The president shockingly claimed that it was a — the Black man a white police officer killed last month in Minneapolis — because he would be pleased “looking down” at the jobs stats.AdvertisementThough white...

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