Former President Donald Trump awkwardly claimed he “didn’t know” Silk, one half of the favored conservative duo Diamond & Silk, throughout a speech at her late sister Diamond’s memorial service on Saturday.
Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway, who popularly backed Trump alongside together with her sister, died earlier this month on the age of 51 in what the previous president described as a “completely” sudden incidence.
Trump made an look on the North Carolina service the place — along with reflections on Diamond — he railed about inflation and gas prices as he listed a string of political grievances.
The previous president, who visited with the duo within the White Home and looped them into rallies previously, referred to Diamond as one of many world’s “brightest stars” earlier than making an odd comment about her sister.
“I’m severe, I believed I knew them each. I didn’t. I knew Diamond however I didn’t know Silk in any respect. I simply realized about Silk. You’re incredible,” Trump mentioned.
Trump later spoke in regards to the crowd on the memorial service earlier than he used his time on stage to dive into how planning went for the occasion.
“The chapel wouldn’t have held the form of individuals, the variety of those who we’ve,” Trump mentioned.
“And we’re doing it proper and that’s the way in which it ought to be and I did discover an enormous line of very, very good automobiles outdoors. That’s received to be dealt with correctly, proper? So we’re going to deal with it correctly. Exit in model. She knew that. Exit in model.”
Trump additionally went on in regards to the size of the three-hour-plus service, which he mentioned was a “little longer than quarter-hour.”
You possibly can watch extra clips from the service under.
