Donald Trump’s ego was bruised after it was widely reported he hid in a bunker on Friday night as a large crowd appeared outside the White House to protest the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and the systemic racism and brutality that exists in America and always has.
Naturally people called out his cowardice, and some people (like me) even called him “bunker bitch” because Donald Trump has a long history of running from fights. He is, at his core, a coward. And he chose a coward’s way out of the White House when he ordered federal police to brutalize peaceful protesters so he could take a walk to a vandalized church for a photo op. He could have taken a presidential route to meet with protest organizers, and listen to the people. But no. That would’ve taken a spine and a moral conscience he doesn’t have and never will.
He’s at it again on Tuesday, still trying to overcome the sting of the “bunker bitch” tag. This time he rolled out of his bunker to lay a wreath at a Washington, D.C., shrine to Pope John Paul II. It’s another transparent attempt to court religious voters because at the end of the day, he’s still campaigning. Never mind that the world is burning—his focus is as it always has been: laser-focused on himself. But once outside the cozy confines of his White House bunker, he got a look at what people really think of him—and it wasn’t pretty.
Pool photographers captured the mood from the motorcade. Trump is lucky there weren’t any carts full of rotten tomatoes anywhere near these folks.
It’s understandable people have so much rage. And while it must have been very satisfying to give the white supremacist-in-chief a one-finger salute, there is more you can do from home. CLICK HERE to support organizations that are fighting every day for racial justice.