Trump calls governors facing unrest 'weak' and 'fools,' urges stronger police tactics

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NEW: President Trump calls governors facing unrest “weak,” urges stronger police tactics, according to a source on the call.

The president also called the start of the Minnesota response “weak and pathetic” and said that protestors have likely spread out to other cities after leaving Minneapolis. The person said Trump seemed obsessed with antifa and Occupy Wall Street, which he said was handled well by comparison and “just went away one day.”

“You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,” Trump said on the call, according to the person. The White House billed the event as a “video teleconference with governors, law enforcement, and national security officials on keeping American communities safe.”

Trump’s solution to the unrest has been to call for stronger law enforcement rather than calling for calm or addressing the concerns about police brutality and racism that many protestors say drove them to come out. Critics say an escalation in force would exacerbate already high tensions between protestors and the police.

 

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If President Trump wants to see a weak person he should look in the mirror

Your words and actions are making matters go South. Be a leader for once. Drop it’s terrible terrible terrible for some soothing compassionate words that emanates truly from the heart and not teleprompted words . Use words that unite us and do not divide us

ResignNowTrump

HoldLawEnforcementAccountable We are long overdue for change when it comes to the rights of minorities. Make your voice heard. Demand legislation to hold law enforcement accountable. It’s time for real Justice for all.

Go sit down somewhere. We better off without u

Yes against the riots .... .. your statement is instigating

This from the weakest coward of them all. Typical bully who lashes out at everybody else but then the 1st sign of trouble hes hiding

Waiting for the cornered rat to insist that a wall be built around him.

He's an ass

Violent protest have Soros written all over it , making the peaceful protesters look bad .

Those naughty nimrods listening in on the spanking of the typical Weak Dems....What have the Dems done for “their” people all these decades? 🤔

Riots that happen in series across cities has never worked since the beginning of civilization. It’s not going to work now: “Hey, you’re stealing, from that store, stop that! It’s not stealin’ the sto’ wide open man, it’s free,get the F*k out ma face!” This is stupidity!

Bc his buddy Putin gave him a pep talk on dictatorship.

All trump is doing is insighing panick around the country. trump needs to keep his mouth shut !!!

According to the weakest POTUS ever!

The US before Obama were saddled with in your face racist and prejudice. The white establishment shifted its optics by camouflaging the optics. Didn’t go away. Just was repacked. With trump in the WH,

Have U simulated how that response would play out?

Could we please have some 'actual' leaders input on this.

A president who cannot talk to the people during this nationwide protest & destruction, is weaker than any American. Is he afraid to address the nation because he has nothing to say, or his talk will not help him be reelected?

It’s about time we have a POTUS with backbone. Why Is The Radical Left Condoning The Looting and Burning of U.S. Cities? via YouTube

Hahaha - trump caññing governors week - trump ran to the bunker when protester were near WH _- COWARD- TrumpBunkerBoy TrumpIsACoward

They have been weak since Bush era.. they are pathetic and weak leaders who can’t govern. realDonaldTrump is right. Facts don’t give shit about your feelings.

A President of the United States of America can never use tones of more oppression , of any such terms that willingly commit to more anger and suffering and ignorance for his own choice of words ,like the people are saying resign you did enough damage already! Get out RESIGN!

When did he say that Was he still hiding under the table in the White House bunker He’s so dumb and so incompetent. And we still have to endure another 155 days til this worthless wreaking ball President gets voted out. nytimes washingtonpost AP DNC JoeBiden

Somebody's having a bad case of the Mondays.

He can’t be worse. No one drop of leadership. This is the US president. We can’t have it worse. A coward, racist, Nazi president. It is better that people go out and vote this November to get this a..hole out of the White House.

Isn’t this rich coming from “bunker man” himself? Ever notice how he calls other people what HE is?

notComey While he hides in his bunker, lights out, President Biden was put listening to protesters

And realDonaldTrump is ABSOFKNLUTELY CORRECT 👍

But none of them are hiding in a bunker. So I guess the coward thinks while he hides, the governors are weak? That's realDonaldTrump for you, projecting again, showing what he is; weak and a coward. 😡

Just about every city rioting are under dem control! Day late and a dollar short organizing counting measures!

yep they are

Over use of police tactics is exactly what lead to the situation we’re in now. All Trump does is exacerbate the situation with ridiculous threats, unnecessary disparagement & over all plain Ignorance. He’s a Cause, not a Cure.

You can thank your wonderful lousy Democrat for all this mess.

Just IMPOTUS's projection of his persona and character on the governors.

And he's right. They're assaulting innocent people now. Where's YOUR line?

CowardinChief

Trump is absolutely despicable.

Trump calls governors weak while he held up in a bunker with the lights off, instead of addressing the nation and showing strength. He’s totally worthless.

realDonaldTrump SAYS THE MAN THE FAKE PRESIDENT HIDING IN A BUNKER.....NEVER SEEN SUCH A COWARD .... WHAT A POS HE IS

It's convenient for the image of strength that he's failing to convey that he's had last night's protesters outside the WH disappeared. Where are the protesters? dcblackout

underground cockroach

Says the man hiding in a bunker. 🤣

So governors will do the opposite and watch their cities burn instead. Fuck it. I'm fine with that.

This is exactly what needs to be said. The violence we are seeing is totally unacceptable. To act like Trump is wrong to take a tough stance is ridiculous.

You tried call for your Mega friends to come in front of the White House but nobody showed up you have to understand your rallies are just entertainment for them they're not trying to get kill for you they see them mixed protester and said the hell with that

It's time to buy some Antifa fanwear.

not dragging this guy out by the hair could prove to be a monumental mistake in america. hoping it's not a cracked rear view mirror

is sad that Americans still don't see it: both these cruel parties, Democrats and Republicans, ruined American dream, they've enslaved people for ages and abusing their power. This is a wake-up call America!!!

YES I believe many Americans agree!💪🇺🇸 So sad how the Democrat leadership is allowing this to happen to America!! 👎🙄🙁

Fake news.

Pres Trump is right. The way to quell riots and anarchy is to meet force with force. Right now, the rioters realize that their are no consequences to their rioting. That needs to change immediately. It's time to use force.

Ask him, why did he run to hide? Why didn't he come out to address the issue?

This very dangerous coming from this horrific potus!!!!

While hiding in his bunker, Trump calls governors weak, calls for Authoritarianism FixedIt

Trump wants to create a police state so he & Russian wanted from the start. This is Trump end game to make him do as he will as he has do to dismantle all the agency w/cronies now wants Gov to follow his plan if they do it on them. He will just blame them in the end.

This is just going to get worse .... 2020 what’s happening

While eating quarter pounders with cheese hunkered in a bunker...

If you still think it was about the flag, then you are here!!! BunkerDon

BunkerBoy

Weak!!!? If it weren’t for our governors half of us would be dead by now! WorstPresidentEver

“Alarmed” and “unhinged”

America has seen this first hand. Law enforcement has been told to stand down for too long by mostly Democrat leadership. America is at war, has been for a long time. Take it back now or just surrender it. Cannot do both. DNC controlled media has turned a blind eye for too long.

Trump is advocating filling the jails and prisons with political prisoners. Sounds like Hitler to me. Nazi Regime.

alternate headline: Trump tells governors to get tough on terrorists

I wonder what alll of these commenters would do if a hoard of thousands of angry white incel anarchists were trying to kill them.

: 6/1/2020 Do think at this time in history Mitch McConnell might be overheating more than one paper shredder? :

Damn right Democrats are allowing our cities to burn..Democrats allowed the officer to walk free and Democrats chose not to prosecute...

coward. he can't even speak to the nation because he is so scared .

Perhaps those governors, should tell the man hiding in the bunker with the lights off, afraid of the bogeymen outside, to immediately resign! As the people outside are demonstrating against the president! The US has given it's answer the POTUS and the GOP, go now!

Bunkered down, Vicious Dogs !!! That’s Weak !!! Fools? Those that support Trump!!!

realDonaldTrump like hiding in a bunker. RunawayDon BunkerDon Once a DraftDodger .........................................................................…..........................................................................................................🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🆘

Everything just “magically” goes away for him.....maybe in November he will “magically” not be our “poor” excuse for a president anymore.

3112020 We must DOMINATE the polls this Racist,STABLE GENIUS, ImpeachedTrump must go.

tough talk is not the answer. We need a healing and a compassionate Leader to get is back to normalcy. Not 1 who hides in a bunker!

Does anybody know when Biden's starting work ? ffs

Do the media stooges really think citizens at home do not want to see force used on these criminals

While he dials from a bunker protected by secret service.

The source on the call is in all likelihood just another devil worshipping democrat spreading lies and misinformation.

Says the man who turned his lights off and went into hiding and has yet to formally address the nation about all of this.

This means so much coming from commander in chief bone spurs who did nothing but hide out in the basement. Hey realDonaldTrump, real leaders were out there marching and taking a knee with the protesters. onetermpresident CowardinChief

Bully tactics from realDonaldTrump don’t work anymore. He’s out in November. DumpTrump2020

If I were those Governors, my reply would be, Mr. President We Were Out There trying to do our jobs. We couldn't afford to go Hide Out In A Bunker. No, we're Not the Weak Ones.

So your just not gunna report about people supposedly disappearing

this is why this Administration needs to work on getting a vaccine. Folks are frustrated and need their lives back. Jesus help us

Said the man who hid in a bunker while people sang in protest outside.

The bunker boy is gone in November.

We are literally in the hands of a mad man.

He is too scared to address the Americans to talk about coming together with calm and unity. That is weak to me. weakpotus,bunkerbitch

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