Trump Goes After Jay-Z on Twitter: ‘Black Unemployment’ Is Lowest Ever ‘Because of My Policies’

It appears that President Donald Trump wasn’t a fan of rap superstar Jay-Z’s appearance on Van Jones’ CNN show last night.

Taking to Twitter, the president wanted the music mogul to know that “black unemployment” is at its “LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED,” taking full credit for this achievement.

Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2018

It would appear that like many of the commander-in-chief’s early morning tweets, this one was spurred by Fox & Friends. Media Matters’ Matthew Gertz noted that the Fox News program discussed Jay-Z’s CNN interview, noting that the musician had slammed Trump during the CNN appearance.

He might be pretty close to live.

Left, Fox & Friends, 8:12 am

Hegseth: "Rapper Jay-Z now the latest celebrity to slam President Trump."

Right, Trump, 8:18 am pic.twitter.com/MtwL9kg3kk

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 28, 2018

Or he might be a couple hours behind.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:30 am

Scott: Rapper Jay-Z now the latest celebrity to slam President Trump."

Right, Trump, 8:18 am pic.twitter.com/Pnml5MmNl2

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 28, 2018

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