Ice Cube continued to address the controversy surrounding his meeting with the Trump campaign about their "Platinum Plan" in relation to Cube's proposed "Contract with Black America" with political pundit Roland Martin on his "Unfiltered" program. During their conversation, Martin questioned Cube about what exactly in Trump's Platinum Plan would materially benefit average black people. The question, while not a tough one, exposed the feeble nature of the Trump plan when put under scrutiny. 

“What’s in their plan that they actually took from yours? Because I’ve gone through their plan line by line, and to be perfectly honest with you, I don’t see even what’s in the plan they released that even mirrors what’s in yours," said Martin. “Well like I said, both plans between both parties are lacking,” replied Cube. “You have to look at the contract with black America and see where the overlap is.”

“But your contract lists these 13 different points here. And again, in their plan, what do you see in the platinum plan that they released that mirrors anything that’s in yours?” asked Martin. Following a prolonged pause, Cube responded with: “You know, you got, if I’m looking at it, agreeing to direct VC venture capital] money to black investment companies up to 40 billion dollars..." This was followed by another long pause with Cube just staring off camera before Martin responded: 

“You see a lot of people have been talking about this $500 billion, that’s not going to Black people. In fact, that’s just actually the infrastructure funding program, that’s not actually $500 billion going to black people.”

“How many billion is the other one giving to Black people?” Cube interjected. 

Martin shot back: “No no no no, what I’m saying is that’s not even, they list this thing under black economic empowerment and access to capital, it says ‘seek infrastructure funding that will lead to widespread growth in the annual $500 billion federal contracting opportunities.’ That line right there is not for black people. That’s federal contracting opportunities for everybody. So that’s not, they’re trying to make it sound like ‘Oh, $500 billion to Black people. It’s not. That’s the actual annual program overall for everybody.”

The interview begins at the 45:35 mark. 

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