“I’m going to do something — that, I can tell you,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Because we’re not going to let New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and Detroit and Baltimore and all of these — Oakland is a mess. All run by liberal Democrats.”The president portrayed the nation’s cities as out of control. And we’re not going to let it go to hell.”Democrats said the president was the one out of control. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon said he would introduce legislation to limit the role of federal agents in cities like Portland.

Source: New York Times July 20, 2020 23:55 UTC