Trump: Painting 'Black Lives Matter' On 5th Avenue Would Be 'Symbol Of Hate'
!["Black Lives Matter" is seen on a street in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 15. President Trump denounced a plan to have the words painted on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/07/01/ap_20177747889054_wide-86c82a5e371e8fd14a581d854664f0150ea9f02c.jpg?s=600)
President Trump blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to paint the words "Black Lives Matter" in front of Trump Tower. Trump said it would amount to "denigrating this luxury Avenue."
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