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WASHINGTON, June 29 — US President Donald Trump yesterday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants “white power” — before deleting it amid an outcry.  “Thank you to the great people of The Villages,” Trump tweeted...

US President Donald Trump uses a mobile phone during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington June 18, 2020. — Reuters pic

The footage, apparently shot in a Florida retirement community, shows a man driving a golf-cart bearing “Trump 2020” and “America First” signs being heckled by a roadside protester chanting “racist.”“White power! There you go, white power. Did you hear that?” the protester yells back at him. “President Trump is a big fan of The Villages. He did not hear the one statement made on the video,” said White House spokesman Judd Deere.Trump has long been accused of fanning racial tensions, including during the nationwide reckoning over racial inequality triggered by the death-in-custody of African American George Floyd a month ago.

 

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