Trump to host black American business leaders round table in Georgia

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday will host a round table event featuring black American business leaders in Atlanta, Ga.

The event will be moderated by Florida GOP Rep. Byron Donalds and feature a number of local business owners. Dr. Ben Carson and Texas GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt are also slated to attend. The round table will take place at Rocky's Barbershop.

"Joe Biden’s failed economy has left Black Americans behind, burdened with higher prices and lower wages. Bidenflation is disproportionately hurting Black households as Black Americans bear the brunt of higher prices," the campaign said in a press release. "President Trump will ease the financial pressures placed on Black American households, re-establish law and order, and Make America Great Again!"

Among the planned topics will be Trump's proposal to end taxation on tips, which the campaign said will allow hospitality workers to "keep more money in their pockets."

The campaign this month launched its "Black Americans for Trump" coalition in a bid to win over the traditionally Democratic constituency amid signs of improving Republican prospects.

"The Biden campaign sees that President Trump is up to 23% in the polls in battleground states with Black voters, a record high that we haven’t seen in decades," Trump Campaign Black Media Director Janiyah Thomas told Just the News at the time. 

"President Trump knows that Black voters prefer lower taxes, which he delivered in his first term, and like all Americans, oppose Biden’s hiking tax rates," Thomas added. "Ultimately, President Trump's economic policies offered more opportunities to build generational wealth for Black families."