Trump apparently just ordered an attack on protesters gathered near the White House, to coincide with his pugnacious Rose Garden statement threatening the use of military force against protesters nation wide, all for the background sound effects.
"If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," Mr. Trump said. "I am also taking swift and decisive action to protect our great capital, Washington, D.C. What happened in the city last night was a total disgrace. As we speak, I am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers to stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, assaults and the wanton destruction of property."
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With the constant sound of helicopter blades overhead and a steady succession of bangs from nearby Lafayette Park, Trump declared himself an "ally of all peaceful protesters."
But as he was speaking, peaceful protesters were being urgently dispersed outside the White House gates by police using rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs. Several protesters were seen pouring water into their eyes to ease the gas's sting.
Before Trump's address, a crowd was gathering outside the White House gates ahead of a 7 p.m. ET curfew mandated by the mayor of Washington, including near the church.
A large convoy of military vehicles was seen driving through the White House complex and onto Pennsylvania Avenue before Trump emerged to speak.
Unbelievable! Trump makes the preposterous claims that he is an "ally of all peaceful protesters" at the very same time he orders an attack on peaceful protesters. It’s like Machiavelli meets the Marx Brothers.
Everything is being stage managed by the Trump White House. Trump is adding Armed Border Patrol to the streets of DC.
What could go wrong?
From The Mayor of Washington:
Two powerful condemnations of Trump's deliberately inflammatory actions.
Tonight NBC reports that that Tear Gas increases the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission.