Ice Cube Fans Aren't Convinced He Had Trump Put $500B Into Black Communities

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Rapper Ice Cuber said that he met with Trump and got him to invest $500 billion into Black communities with a "Platinum Plan"
After receiving backlash for the meeting, Ice Cube defended himself on Twitter
Critics pointed out that the plan doesn't specify the money would have to go to Black communities, and that the president can't allocate that much money without congressional approval

The rapper Ice Cube sparked some backlash on Twitter after saying he had gotten President Trump to invest half a trillion dollars in Black communities. The claim comes after he was criticized for collaborating with Trump on a “Platinum Plan” to help communities of color.

Donald Trump has employed a number of rappers and hip-hop artists in his efforts to woo Black voters, including Ice Cube, Lil Wayne and 50 Cent, reports NPR. Many of their fans were less than pleased, considering Trump’s history with racist rhetoric and white supremacist supporters.

Ice Cube was quickly trending on Twitter, but didn’t seem overly concerned with the backlash. "Let me get this straight, I get the president of the United States to agree to put over half a trillion dollars of capital in the Black Community (without an endorsement) and [expletive] are mad at me?...have a nice life," he tweeted with laughing emojis.

But many on social media weren’t convinced that the president would actually paid up, instead saying that Ice Cube had been conned into giving legitimacy to an enemy of Black communities.

People are mad you believe that the man who won't give half a trillion dollars to people who are starving and losing their homes bc they live in "blue states" is going to pour money into the BC because he agreed. He's a liar. He's a fraud. You got punked.
— 🌊🌊 MaMa Deee 🌊🌊 (@MaMaDeee3) November 5, 2020

Let's face it, @icecube , you played yourself.

You got jarod Kushner to agree to a 'plan' for black communities in order to get black people to vote for his pops-in-law. The 'plan' never came to fruition- never would've even if tRump won.

But Biden's in & you're out.
— Renee Luke (@🏡) (@ReneeLukeNovels) November 5, 2020

Others noted that the president doesn’t have the authority to allocate that kind of funding, and that the plan released doesn’t actually specify that the money will go to communities of color.

"You obviously didn’t read this. Federal CONTRACTING opportunities not exclusive to blacks. I’m a black business owner. You didn’t do shit. Respectfully," one fan wrote.

Not mad at you but check the facts, Trump can’t put anything in there without the United States Senate approval Get Mitch McConnell on board," another said.

___.......uuuuuuuummmmm are you sure _. Which Black community exactly received these funds....please be specific. pic.twitter.com/UlCGwD76PQ
— Nikki (@frontroyalgirl) November 5, 2020

Still others wondered why Black millionaires like Ice Cube and Kanye West weren’t just investing in Black communities themselves.

1st off he doesn’t have a 1/2 trillion. It’s just frustrating watch someone who’s real get duped by a con man. Then there’s all this. pic.twitter.com/cylsxFGUEN
— Jacko Mondo (@JackMondo2) November 5, 2020

That half a trillion dollars was as real as Trump’s health care plan. And the “Platinum Plan”? _ C’mon that sounds like an extended warranty you get on a car that doesn’t cover anything. pic.twitter.com/7mN8jR9Z1S
— JC (@TrumpIsACreep) November 5, 2020