Trump, declaring himself a “president of law and order” threatened to deploy the military to cities where, he said, governors and local officials have “failed to take necessary action” to end civil unrest. More from his press conference:
President Trump, declaring himself a “president of law and order” threatened Monday to deploy the military to cities where, he said, governors and local officials have “failed to take necessary action” to end civil unrest.
A phalanx of Secret Service agents surrounded Trump as he crossed the park to the church. Police stood guard on deserted streets, and helicopters buzzed overhead. “Most of you are weak,” Trump said, berating the governors and urging them to “dominate” the protesters, according to a person on the call. He urged state officials to track down lawbreakers and send them to prison for five to 10 years.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, told reporters that he “thanked” Trump for his input but made clear he disagreed.“A posture of a force on the ground is unsustainable militarily, it’s unsustainable socially because it’s the antithesis of how we live,” he said. “The country is looking for healing and calm. And I think the president needs to project that in his tone,” Thune said. “He masters that sometimes.”“There’s an overwhelming body of evidence out there about how incapable most Americans think he is of handling a moment like this, someone whose whole entire political predicate was based on division,” said Cornell Belcher, formerly a pollster for Barack Obama. “How, in a moment when we need a unified voice, can he step in and lead? He can’t.
He spent months in 2017 denouncing former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for lack of patriotism after he took a knee to protest the kinds of police brutality and racism at the heart of the current protests.
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