Ice Cube Clarifies Why He's Working With Trump Administration on The Platinum Plan

Ice Cube is trying to set the record straight once more. The rapper, named Fox News Sunday's Power Player of the Week, chatted with Chris Wallace on Sunday about working with President Donald Trump on the administration's Platinum Plan, which aims to invest $500 million into Black communities.

Ice Cube has called Eric Trump out after the US President’s son tweeted a photoshopped image of the rapper and 50 Cent wearing Trump campaign hats.Eric Trump posted an image of Ice Cube and 50 Cent to Twitter this week, in which the rappers appear to be wearing caps bearing Trump 2020 campaign logos, as the Huffington Post reported.“Two great, courageous Americans,” Trump wrote in his tweet.

Donald Trump circulated widely on social media Tuesday, fueled in part by a tweet by Eric Trump.“Two great, courageous Americans,” Trump’s son tweeted. He removed the tweet with a photo of the two rappers in hats saying “Trump 2020” after being called out by Ice Cube on Twitter.In the original photo, both entertainers were wearing baseball caps with sports logos.

2020 presidential debates is just about here. After a chaotic first matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a more subdued (but still buzzy) vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and dueling Trump-Biden town hall events in lieu of a second debate, the whole process has felt long and, at times, extremely disorderly.

Kim Kardashian revealed she was warned that her reputation as a celebrity could be damaged if she associated with President Donald Trump on prison sentencing reform. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” mogul famously visited the White House in 2018 where she convinced the president to commute the sentence of Alice Johnson, a great-grandmother who was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction.

David Letterman is confronting Kim Kardashian about her relationship with Donald Trump.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.

During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.

Tonight was to have been the second of three presidential debates between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Biden. When Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, the debate commission changed the format to a virtual debate.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Trump wanted to run and ramble. Savannah Guthrie wouldn’t let him.In what may be the performance of a career, the popular “Today” anchor kept a tight rein on the proceedings of a controversial town-hall event with President Donald Trump that put NBC in the cross-hairs of critics and Hollywood A-listers.

Ice Cube is in HOT water for working with Donald Trump’s re-election campaign!

Zing! Conan O'Brien on Thursday had a striking (and personal) takedown of NBC, which is under heavy criticism for scheduling a town hall event with President Donald Trump during an ABC town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden. "I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision,"O'Brien quipped Thursday.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRefresh for updates: Tension between Thursday night’s presidential town halls continues to unfold as hoards of Twitter users are calling to boycott NBC’s coverage of President Donald Trump in favor of ABC’s Joe Biden event. Outrage sparked as NBC announced that its town hall will air at the same time and date as ABC’s.

Peter White Television EditorConan O’Brien has poked fun at his former employer NBC over its handling of President Donald Trump’s town hall – a dig that drew comparisons to the way the network bungled The Tonight Show succession.The late-night host tweeted, “I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision.”This comes ten years after O’Brien left The Tonight Show in January 2010, a mere seven months after he got the gig.

A Florida municipal worker is facing disciplinary action after being caught flying President Donald Trump’s reelection flag from his government truck.

Ice Cube has defended himself after causing a stir on social media on Wednesday (October 14, 2020) when it was revealed he had teamed up with Donald Trump’s campaign on his Platinum Plan for Black Americans.It all kicked off when Katrina Pierson, an adviser on the Trump 2020 campaign, tweeted: “Shoutout to @icecube for his willingness to step up and work with @realDonaldTrump Administration to help develop the #PlatinumPlan…Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will no doubt make news when they take part in dueling town halls this evening on NBC and ABC. But the networks broadcasting their events may be looking less at headlines the two politicians will generate and more at the money they will draw.NBC and ABC hope to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue from their 8 p.m.

NBC News faced a sharp backlash to its decision to host President Donald Trump for a town hall Thursday in direct competition with ABC’s event with Democrat Joe Biden, including a social media call to boycott the network.