“I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis,” Trump wrote shortly before 1 a.m. Friday. Trump began talking about the unrest in Minneapolis overnight as cable news showed a police station engulfed in a fire set by protesters. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”In saying “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” Trump echoed a phrase coined by a Miami police chief in the 1960s about crackdowns on black neighbourhoods during times of unrest. President Trump, before signing an executive order regarding social media, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Source: bd News24 May 29, 2020 23:03 UTC