{"id":2570598,"date":"2026-02-17T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-honors-civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-good-man\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:51:51","slug":"trump-honors-civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-good-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-honors-civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-good-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump honors civil rights icon Jesse Jackson: &#8216;Good man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-honors-civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-good-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump issued a tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-washed-up-leftists-who-found-homes-in-academia\/\" title=\"5 Washed Up Leftists Who Found Homes In Academia\">civil rights icon<\/a> Jesse Jackson after Jackson\u2019s death at age 84,praising him as a \u201cgood man\u201d with personality,grit,and \u201cstreet smarts.\u201d The piece notes Jackson\u2019s prominent role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a>, his close relationship with Martin Luther King Jr., and his campaigns for the Democratic nomination in the 1980s. In a Truth Social post, Trump said Jackson\u2019s Rainbow Coalition once had space in the Trump Building and claimed he helped push criminal justice reform when others would not, linking Jackson to long-term funding for historically black colleges and universities and to opportunity zones, which Trump described as major economic wins for Black Americans. Trump also suggested that Jackson influenced Barack Obama\u2019s election, while the Rainbow Coalition confirmed Jackson\u2019s death with a statement honoring his impact. The article also contrasts the softer tone of this tribute with Trump\u2019s harsher remarks about Rob Reiner earlier.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump honors civil rights icon Jesse Jackson: &lsquo;Good man&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2504726\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4457705\/trump-pushes-michael-whatley-north-carolina-senate-fort-bragg\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> posted a lengthy statement defending his record with the black community as he memorialized the death of the Rev. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4459768\/jesse-jackson-dead-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-84\/\">Jesse Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, 84, died on Tuesday morning, weeks after the civil rights icon was hospitalized last November due to complications from progressive supranuclear palsy. Jackson rose to prominence during the civil rights movement and developed a close relationship with the Rev. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/martin-luther-king-jr\/\">Martin Luther King Jr<\/a>. He later sought the Democratic nomination for president twice in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459563\/trump-touts-accomplishments-presidents-day\/\">Trump touts second-term accomplishments in celebratory Presidents Day post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459383\/trump-declares-government-not-pay-gateway-overruns\/\">Trump declares the federal government will not pay for NY-NJ &#8216;Gateway&#8217; cost overruns: &#8216;NOT ONE DOLLAR&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459345\/trump-slams-loser-gavin-newsom-uk-energy-deal-inappropriate\/\">Trump slams &#8216;loser&#8217; Newsom&#8217;s energy deal with UK as &#8216;inappropriate&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116086206069142759\">wrote in his statement<\/a> that he knew Jackson &ldquo;well, long before becoming President.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and &lsquo;street smarts.&rsquo; He was very gregarious &ndash; 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,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s statement took a notably softer tone than his message after the death of Hollywood director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rob-reiner\/\">Rob Reiner<\/a>, a Trump critic he accused of having a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3918633\/trump-stands-firm-tds-cause-of-death-rob-reiner\/\">&ldquo;raging obsession&rdquo;<\/a> with him in December. At the time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president received bipartisan backlash<\/a> for the statement.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday&rsquo;s post on Truth Social, Trump noted that Jackson&rsquo;s Rainbow Coalition previously held office space in the Trump Building on Wall Street and claimed that he &ldquo;responded&rdquo; to Jackson&rsquo;s &ldquo;request for help in getting CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM passed and signed, when no other President would even try.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>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 &ldquo;the single most successful economic development package yet approved for Black business men\/women.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;He loved his family greatly, and to them I send my deepest sympathies and condolences. Jesse will be missed!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4457305\/tom-homan-becomes-trumps-de-facto-dhs-secretary-absolutely-saved-the-day\/\"><strong>TOM HOMAN BECOMES TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;DE FACTO&rsquo; DHS SECRETARY: &lsquo;ABSOLUTELY SAVED THE DAY&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Coalition, which Jackson founded in 1984, confirmed his death in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A tireless change agent, he elevated the voices of the voiceless &mdash; from his Presidential campaigns in the 1980s to mobilizing millions to register to vote &mdash; leaving an indelible mark on history,&rdquo; the statement reads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump pays tribute to Jesse Jackson: a good man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2570599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP877851382238.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,538],"tags":[33274,67018,5894,9122,3634],"class_list":["post-2570598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-washington-examiner","tag-civil-rights","tag-jesse-jackson","tag-politics","tag-tribute","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP877851382238.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570602,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570598\/revisions\/2570602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}