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07th Feb 2019

Trump says one of America’s greatest accomplishments is the “abolition of civil rights”

Rudi Kinsella

Donald Trump

It was probably just a mistake, but at this stage we can’t even be sure.

Donald Trump hasn’t had the best time of it this week.

A survey emerged on CNN that showed that over 40% of American people felt that they were currently living through the worst government of their lives.

On top of that, he went on a Twitter rant on Thursday, where he accused the media of “presidential harassment”, except he did it in all caps.

And most recently, in a video, where he was definitely looking a little less energetic than usual, the US President had an unfortunate mix-up in his words.

While speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday morning, Trump said that the “abolition of civil rights” was one of America’s finest achievements…

Have a look at the clip below:

Realistically, this was just a slip of the tongue from The Donald, but given the controversy that surrounds him at all times, it certainly isn’t a good look.

We’ll keep an eye on his Twitter for an official response.