The Daily Show explains why Donald Trump's visit to a black church was really for white people

Trevor Noah dissects Donald Trump's visit to a black church
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Donald Trump has somewhere close to 0 percent support among African-Americans. "So basically, Donald Trump's people told him he needed to reach out to the black community, and that means he basically has three choices," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show: "He either goes to barber shops, Tyler Perry movies, or black churches. But he's not going to go to Tyler Perry movies, because, I mean, Medea's a 2; he's not going to go to a barber shop because they'd hook him up, you know. His only remaining option is church."

Trump did go to a black church in Detroit on Saturday, and along with arrhythmically swaying to the music (not with the music, Noah insisted), Trump read a speech he said he wrote and claimed came from his heart. "For someone who claims he wrote the speech, he seems genuinely surprised at the information contained in his speech," he said, then turned to "Senior Campaign Correspondent" Ray Wood Jr.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.