President Barack Obama slammed the Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump for his comments on the African-American community as recent police shootings of black men and the violent protests, which followed them, inject sensitive questions about race into the presidential contest.

The issue that “African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape than they’ve ever been in before, ever, ever, ever,” was taken by the America’s first black President with the Republican nominee’s suggestion.

Mr. Obama said in an interview that aired Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America”, that, “I think even most 8-year-olds would tell you that whole slavery thing wasn’t very good for black people. Jim Crow wasn’t very good for black people.”

The ABC interview was conducted at the Washington’s new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. President Obama encouraged Mr. Trump visit and said that, “What we have to do is use our history to propel us to make even more progress in the future.”

“The rioting in our streets is a threat to all peaceful citizens and it must be ended and ended now,” the New York billionaire said. He added that, “The main victims of these violent demonstrations are law-abiding African-Americans who live in these communities and only want to raise their children in safety and peace.”

“If you’re not aware, drugs are a very, very big factor in what you’re watching on television at night,” he said at an energy conference in Pittsburgh

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