‘They see strength’: The Black sports icons shaping Donald Trump’s take on race, politics, and masculinity
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‘They see strength’: The Black sports icons shaping Donald Trump’s take on race, politics, and masculinity

The road to understanding Donald Trump’s appeal to a segment of Black America — and his hopes of winning back the presidency by pulling a few precious votes away from Democrats — runs through Trump’s Black friends, a loose set of iconic sports figures from the 1980s.