Not a Photo-Op: Inner-City Pastors Meet for 2 Hours with Trump, Say 'He Can Do More' on Racism

As the president's Twitter feud with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) widens, a group of African-American pastors has stepped into the fray.

Twenty or so pastors met with the president at the White House Monday afternoon to discuss issues in the African-American community. Afterward, Rev. Bill Owens, president of the Coalition of African American Pastors, told media that the event was not a photo-op but a substantive, two-hour meeting in which the president did a lot of listening.

While the White House may have used the meeting to shield the president...