{"id":9639,"date":"2026-10-23T12:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trump-says-black-poverty-is-highest-and-best-ever-what-the-numbers-actually-say\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:22:52","slug":"trump-says-black-poverty-is-highest-and-best-ever-what-the-numbers-actually-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trump-says-black-poverty-is-highest-and-best-ever-what-the-numbers-actually-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Black Poverty Is \u201cHighest\u201d and \u201cBest Ever\u201d: What the Numbers Actually Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bb7_roeOCDY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Trump said at a Kansas rally that Black, Hispanic and Native American poverty rates were \u201cthe highest and the best numbers ever recorded.\u201d What did he mean, what are the real numbers, and what could change them? Here\u2019s the data from the Census Bureau and the fact-checks, plus what economists are warning about next.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 The quote<br \/>\n1:00 What he likely meant<br \/>\n2:15 The real numbers: 2019, 2022, today<br \/>\n3:45 Is it \u201cthe best ever\u201d? No, here\u2019s why<br \/>\n5:00 Unemployment and net worth: what\u2019s reported<br \/>\n6:30 What economists warn about Medicaid and SNAP cuts<br \/>\n7:45 What this means for Black households<\/p>\n<p>Sources: TheGrio, Wise Voter, PolitiFact, Census Bureau. Figures may change.<\/p>\n<p>#BlackPoverty #FactCheck #Trump #BlackEconomy #Politics<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said at a Kansas rally that Black, Hispanic and Native American poverty rates were \u201cthe highest and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-383.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}