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Angry Donald Trump calls for tougher approach against George Floyd protests | US news | The Guardian
President rants at governors, police and security officials
Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ or ‘look like a bunch of jerks’
Donald Trump has urged governors, law enforcement officials and national security officials to take a more forceful approach in responding to protests around the country sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The president held a call with officials on Monday morning, after a week of protests and riots around the US. On the call, the president urged governors and law enforcement officials to “dominate” the protesters, according to a source who listened in.
Trump, the source said, repeatedly urged the participants to act more forcefully, and also urged the officials and governors not to be weak.
According to a second official with knowledge of the call, the president said governors need to be much tougher. This source said the president warned them against being “overridden” and argued that if they did not dominate protesters, “you’re wasting your time, they are gonna run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.”
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Time to roll out the late Don Imus' mobile electric chair.
President rants at governors, police and security officials
Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ or ‘look like a bunch of jerks’
Donald Trump has urged governors, law enforcement officials and national security officials to take a more forceful approach in responding to protests around the country sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The president held a call with officials on Monday morning, after a week of protests and riots around the US. On the call, the president urged governors and law enforcement officials to “dominate” the protesters, according to a source who listened in.
Trump, the source said, repeatedly urged the participants to act more forcefully, and also urged the officials and governors not to be weak.
According to a second official with knowledge of the call, the president said governors need to be much tougher. This source said the president warned them against being “overridden” and argued that if they did not dominate protesters, “you’re wasting your time, they are gonna run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.”
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Time to roll out the late Don Imus' mobile electric chair.