Luther King daughter attacks ex-Trump aide

The daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King has rejected a claim that the civil rights icon would have been "proud of" Donald Trump.

Steve Bannon formerly President Donald Trump's top strategist - told the BBC Mr King would have approved of the US president's economic policies.

Bernice King, however, said Mr Bannon had "dangerously and erroneously co-opted my father's name".

Instead, she said her father would be "extremely disturbed" by recent events.

Mr Bannon was speaking to the BBC's Newsnight programme when he said: "If you look at the policies of Donald Trump, anybody - Martin Luther King - would be proud of him, of what he's done for the black and Hispanic community for jobs."

He was challenged by the BBC's Emily Maitlis, who asked: "You think Martin Luther King would be proud of Donald Trump?"

"You don't think Martin Luther King would sit there and go: yes, you're putting young black men and women to work?" Mr Bannon replied.

"The lowest unemployment we've had in history, and wages are starting to rise among the working class, and you finally stop the illegal alien labour force that's coming in and competing with them every day, and destroying the schools and destroying the healthcare? Absolutely."

His remarks quickly spread across the Atlantic, playing on US national news networks.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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