What Al Sharpton learned from James Brown that Donald Trump hasn’t

What Al Sharpton learned from James Brown that Donald Trump hasn’t
By Jonathan Capehart


The Rev. Al Sharpton perfectly assessed the character of Donald Trump’s death-defying campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. “What plays at Lincoln Center don’t play at the Apollo,” Sharpton said about Trump. “And I think that he is an Apollo act in Lincoln Center.”

I asked Sharpton for his view of what’s going on with The Donald and why he’s doing what he’s doing at a meeting with editors and reporters at The Post this morning. There was no better person to ask. Sharpton and Trump are both New Yorkers who have known each other and done battle with each other for years. And they are both targets of and survivors of the Big Apple tabloids that make sport of high-flying folks like them. That’s why Sharpton’s assessment of Trump’s campaign and its future is as vivid as it is correct.

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