\u201cI stepped from behind my microphone and I came and talked to the guy who is going to be the 45th president,\u201d Harvey told reporters about his meeting with Trump, whom he said he found \u201cboth congenial and sincere.\u201d
Harvey said he plans to partner with Trump\u2019s Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Dr. Ben Carson on restoring America\u2019s inner cities.
\u201cTrump wants to help with the situations in the inner cities so he immediately got Dr. Ben Carson on the phone to put us together to begin dialog in looking at programs and housing to help our inner cities and he\u2019s very open to my mentoring efforts across the country,\u201d Harvey said.
\u201cI walked away feeling like I had just talked with a man who genuinely wants to make a difference in this area,\u201d he added. \u201cI feel that something really great could come out of this\u2026 I would sit with him anytime.\u201d
Harvey, who endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, came under fire after it was discovered that his staff provided prepared questions to Clinton\u2019s campaign before a February interview on his radio show.
Nevertheless, Harvey says he\u2019s ready to help the Trump administration \u201cbring about some change\u201d in cities like Chicago.
\u201cAnother one they want to start with as a target is Detroit,\u201d Harvey told reporters. \u201cBen Carson expressed that because quite naturally he is from Detroit. I want to do something with all of the major inner cities to see if we can bring about some change and help some of these young people out. And so that\u2019s why I\u2019m here, and it was a successful meeting. And he seemed really sincere.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be invited to talk, and I think that\u2019s the only way that we\u2019re going to unify our country,\u201d Harvey said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to talk.\u201d
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