New York City painted “Black Lives Matter” in large yellow letters on the street outside Trump Tower on Thursday, the latest flare-up in a yearslong feud between President Trump, who rose to fame as a Manhattan real estate developer, and Mayor Bill de Blasio,.
The public art project location was a direct rebuke of Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly disparaged those protesting against systemic racism and police brutality. .
The painting provoked an inflammatory response from the president that tried to play on tensions between Black Lives Matter protesters and the New York Police Department.