Trump wrote in his statement that he knew Jackson “well, long before becoming President.”

“He was a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and ‘street smarts.’ He was very gregarious – Someone who truly loved people! Despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way,” he continued.

Trump’s statement took a notably softer tone than his message after the death of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, a Trump critic he accused of having a “raging obsession” with him in December. At the time, the president received bipartisan backlash for the statement.

In Tuesday’s post on Truth Social, Trump noted that Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition previously held office space in the Trump Building on Wall Street and claimed that he “responded” to Jackson’s “request for help in getting CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM passed and signed, when no other President would even try.”

Trump also tied Jackson to long-term funding approved during his first term for historically black colleges and universities as well as opportunity zones, which the president characterized as “the single most successful economic development package yet approved for Black business men/women.”

“Jesse was a force of nature like few others before him. He had much to do with the Election, without acknowledgment or credit, of [former President] Barack Hussein Obama, a man who Jesse could not stand,” Trump added. “He loved his family greatly, and to them I send my deepest sympathies and condolences. Jesse will be missed!”

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The Rainbow Coalition, which Jackson founded in 1984, confirmed his death in a statement on social media.

“A tireless change agent, he elevated the voices of the voiceless — from his Presidential campaigns in the 1980s to mobilizing millions to register to vote — leaving an indelible mark on history,” the statement reads.