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As protests continue to flare, President Donald Trump and his top aides cannot settle on the next steps the White House should take

As protests continue to flare across the country, President Donald Trump and his top aides cannot settle on the next steps the White House should take to ease tensions after the latest death of an African American man detained by a white police officer.

Amid this swirl of crises, the Trump administration and its staffers have struggled to find the right tone “Congratulations to our National Guard for the great job they did immediately upon arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night,” Trump tweeted. “The ANTIFA led anarchists, among others, were shut down quickly. Should have been done by Mayor on first night and there would have been no trouble!”

Several White House aides and Trump allies have argued over the weekend against any type of Oval Office address in the coming days.

 

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You had your chance Timmy boy, you let him off without a trial and revealing all the facts of corruption in a trial. Now it’s the voters turn.

He is such an embarrassment to the African American Race. OMGOODNESS is he really African American. That's right I said it. He is such an Uncle Tom.🤬🤬🤬

Well, he was polite

Was Tim Scott the guy at Trump rallies identified as “my black guy” by the IMPOTUS? AmericaOrTrump TrumpResignNow

Tim Scott couldn't be a bigger waste of space if he tried

Sounds like Susan Collins and her 'disappointment'.

“The ONLY African-American Republican senator”. speaksvolumes

SenatorTimScott We are sick of coddling rioting thugs

Not constructive.... talk about sugar coating. He should have went with 'racist' TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER

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No matter what he says, I’m throwing tomatoes!

Trump lovers!

Trump will reassure, and soothe human beings!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

One thing they can do is shutdown the likes of Politico

When you know the right thing to do, You do it. There is no second or third guessing. This is only Rocket Science for ppl that are corrupt and clueless.

The best way for trump to soothe and reassure the nation would be to resign immediately

Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter, Chiara, arrested at Manhattan protest via nypmetro

Has anyone ever gotten a sense of cohesiveness from this white house? It seems like it's always entangled in choas.

Meanwhile, Democrats & Hollywood are funding the protests..... EnemyOfThePeople DemocratsTheEnemyWithin

So their sending lily white Barbie Kayleigh out.

When you have to think about whether the POTUS should address the Nation at a time of turmoil and crisis , then there is something seriously wrong with that President.

ResignNowTrump would go a long way to helping the nation heal.

That would take compassion and empathy.

Geee I can hear them now fighting over whether they should use flamethrowers or bazookas on the people

All of Trump’s attempts at sounding like a normal human being end up sounding like this. MonotoneTrump IMPEACHMENT2

Let's see: Fire Barr, impeach Drumpf and vote out all Republicans up for re-election. Actually quite simple.

Trump needs to stay quiet 😠

It doesn’t seem like “the country is reopening, let’s all go back to work” is going to be very efficient with 40 million out of jobs, no Coronavirus aid, and mass unrest.

I mean they would NOT have any problems, sorry forgot the words. Neither Obama nor Biden would NOT have any problems in addressing what is happening. My bad sorry just really tired of all that is happening in this country.

Sad.

How about step down racist little shits WhiteHouse

A real leader wouldn't need to figure out an 'approach'.

He has NO moral authority/capital to speak about this to the entire nation.

GOP Advisors should know they can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

This guy don’t want to soothe anyone...

I am quite sure that neither Obama nor Biden would have any problems with coming with something to do and/or say about what is going on in this country right now. But I am sure that neither would have been hiding like Trump did.

Justice for George Floyd includes REAL police reform, and that requires mayors with a set of balls and for the women mayors, tough love.

This admin should just resign. All of them! That would be a start.

Best thing they can do is stop Trump from from tweeting and speaking. For the sake of the nation, hand the reins over to Biden. He knows how to be presidential in a time of crisis.

Maybe they could ask the former Presidents to step in since the current one is incapable of unifying anything but white nationalist.

Criminal Justice Reform & Opportunity Zone

When it’s a hard predicament for people with zero empathy.

Why should the RacistInChief realDonaldTrump say anything? He's part of the problem RacistGOP DumpTrump2020

'... four white former police officers...' The other main former MPD officer seen on videos with Derek Chauvin is Tou Thao, who is clearly Asian. Who edits this stuff? Are you even paying attention and watching the videos you are reporting on

The GOP has backed Trump to this point and will continue to back him up to the end.

Why fight about it? No one wants to hear that orange bag of shit. Problem solved: 'Walk on. Nothing to see here.' is your best move. Stop calling for it. You can vote him off of the island, though.

Whaaaaatttt? 😂 A racist addressing racism 😝 C’mon son, that’s not how any of this works. VoteBlue render this administration & a spineless GOP powerless. History will thank you🙏

I guess you missed the speech the President gave at NASA-Extensive and compassionate discussion George Floyd and protests as well as violence Problem is YOU DIDN'T COVER IT!!

Resign and go to Russia.

Considering trumps lack of empathy and history of racism, he should probably defer this to someone else.

Being completely impotent is the natural result of spending years stoking division & hatred. You reap what you sow.

They know no matter how well they write it, his words will be empty. Meaningless. That's IF they're lucky and he doesn't ad-lib some threat or racist remark.

is it to much to ask to ask everyone of all colors and races in religions to take a step back and view 2020 in another angle so we can make sure that such a thing never will happen again learnfromourmistakes coronavirus BlackLivesMatter Antisemitism ISIS politics viral

Startby voting out all the Democrats.

...if any president has to ponder about addressing a nation in any crisis....thanks but no thanks, it only means it ain't sincere nor will it be heartfelt...

It’s reflects the bigger question of how a President can address a nation that’s hurting when the President is a malignant narcissist with zero empathy. He’s also a racist.

Elect Bernie

Let him do it!! Prime Time. I dare you!

No one wants to hear him 'speak' - news channels should stop airing him. Twitter should close his account. We should all silently turn our backs on that man, like he did our country.

You people fan the flames.

There's nothing Trump can say to gloss over a lifetime record of racism, anti-semitism and discriminatory real estate practices.

Yeah well it's not 'The White Houses' decision - It's the Presidents - but we don't have one! FakePresident

Just like Herbert Hoover

Yea they are restraining him for doing something stupid.....

I hope he had enough hamberders in the basement Sunday night. I hear poo poo Donnie had to hide down there.

Well, you know... it’s just a little uprising, maybe 11-15 people... tomorrow it will be zero, then it’ll all be getting warm and ... poof, it’ll be gone.

Trump was always in over his head, but this is ridiculous. He needs to resign.

You mean, other than pouring more gasoline on it via Twitter?

Stop lying calling trump a president. He's been encouraging discord to try and take the focus off of his being responsible for over 100,000 deaths from covid-19. He tweeted 'the best democrat is a dead democrat' but no one has addressed the obvious threat.

SethAbramson ... out of the White House? Resign? Those are 2 good steps

What's this 'how to soothe a country'?! 106K Americans dead, bloody-hands Trump stoking racial division, 40M unemployed—we need new leadership. We need top-to-bottom purge, RIPGOP, and renew the country with 46.

I have an idea...resign

Lord, there is a debate about the flamemaker calming the flames. DT is only capable of inciting more outrage.

No leaders. Not a one.

First step should be the resignation of DJT.

There’s nothing Trump can say that will help things because ultimately, HE’S the one stopping people from calming down & having honest conversations about race. His very presence is a cancerous distraction. If Trump wants to positively affect things, he needs to resign.

Protests in Democrat controlled States. Put it the way it is. Where are the Governors and Mayors? They should resign and hand over their States for martial law. Irresponsible media outlet.

Falling house of cards

They should just send him to Florida to play Golf. That would be better than if he opened his mouth.

Poor baby

WTF,can't decide🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦😕😕😯just resign

How do you know? Are you in the White House discussing it with all of them. Big news

It’s because the WhiteHouse has no idea how to handle a situation like this because the White House is nothing but a fucking day care for toddlers! This is the weakest White House ever! How bout you do us all a favor, seeing as thats how you handle all issues... STEP ASIDE!

Here’s a suggestion get him to resign and all this ends!

What Would Jarod Do? He can fix anything. 😝

We need Jared!

Good time to resign, Cheeto.

Duct tape on his mouth

SethAbramson They could start by leaving.

Guaranteed it will be divisive, political and what is best for Trump’s ego not America.

Resign

It is the left. they love this kind of anarchy to ensure a victory in November and this offend me to my core. We have a dead man and real protestors that are overshaddowed by the paid hate groups for we live in these comunnities that they are tearing up but they promote hate.

The Abbott and Costello administration. Can’t wait to see how they spin this man’s ineptitude.

SNAFU as usual in the clown car known as the White House. Remember your fellow Americans who voted for this or couldn’t be bothered to vote. This is on them.

He'll blame it all on Obama

America is being lead by the Joker! From SuperPower to SuperJoke

So ALL this carnage, hate and evil because of corrupt racists cops in MINN with a head of MINN police union at a trump rally last year announcing trump is a GOOD man cause he ended the close watch of police brutality. THIS IS ON TRUMP EVERYONE WE MUST SHARE THE TRUTH and FACTS

Here's a suggestion. Quit, Donnie.

SethAbramson Did he infect everyone else by not wearing a mask?

call for the arrest of donald trump. evidence has surfaced of how he has raped children. we can not allow him to walk among us when he is a direct threat to our children's safety. OpDeathEaters

pldLMT They could all resign. Seems like a simple enough decision to me! TrumpMustGo

realDonaldTrump RESIGN NOW

Because there is not a leader among them.

It's easy step, resign!

I guess that there’s nothing left to do so I suppose Spanky will just have to resign the presidency. Adios mofo.

We’re 4 months into a pandemic and they still don’t have a plan for that, so not expecting anything on this until after the new year, at least.

chickenshit bunkerbitch coward useless

Resign.

Somebody needs to tell him to RESIGN

We all know that trump is a buffoon and couldn;t possibly offer any hope or compassion, but the fact we have this unqualified cretin in the wh and his staff know he cant help fix this because all the damage is caused by his ignorance. Gop, silent

If only we had a president that could do that with sincerity, compassion and empathy. Alas, we don’t. If he does it will somehow turn to what a great and magnificent leader he is.

This is easy: take RedneckInChief's Twitter account away from him. He has the biggest bully pulpit in the world, so what does he need Twitter for?

Just because Biden can hide in his basement and improve his polling, does not mean the same will work for you. realDonaldTrump

SethAbramson Scary...Shouldn’t this be easy? They should be unifying a broken nation!!! Shows what kinda people we have in that big WH.

And please tell me just how you know this...name names, I dare you!

Soros funded terrorism

Step 1 - Run!!!!! Step 2 - Hide in the bunker!!!!!!!

Here’s an idea 👇🏻

Best Move for Trump Invite all your “Family & Friends” over and WRECK the WhiteHouse like you did with the USA UnfitForOffice ETTD

Resign....

SethAbramson That’s a no brainer, get Trump’s resignation. TrumpResignNow

Guardemocracy Can they all resign?

We must enforce that LAW of America, that only U.S. Citizens Vote. No more Foreigners ( CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS ) Meddling in our elections NO CITIZENSHIP!! NO VOTE!! Let's see how many Republicans agree!!

SethAbramson A resignation would be the appropriate next step.

If George Floyd becomes about race, well then, on what basis? If you are saying that it was different skin color, THEN YOU ARE AN ACTUAL RACIST, YOU GET THAT AYE? Achievable outcome - Universal Body Cams, access to footage in police complaints.

Stop tweeting! Stop talking! Stop playing president and go bk to trump tower and wait to be arrested.

Trump is the opposite of Bobby Kennedy Trump should take a knee if he values the life of innocent Americans - trump sadly is incapable of opposing violence

TrumpHasNoPlan

It is as chaotic inside the White House as it is outside

What’s he going to say? Read off a teleprompter some remarks written for him? Then his true colors come out in his tweets. Why have him talk to the nation? No one will listen to him.

If he resigned the protests would stop

We need leadership and unity!!!

Resign/it’s easy/go away

Let me offer some free advice: Best Option: Trump should Resign Next Best Option: offer words you soothe a nation that is suffering from a pandemic, massive unemployment and economic uncertainty. The Best Words: “I’m Resigning”

SethAbramson He should just keep quiet 🤫

Too bad we don’t have anyone who knows how to lead.

If they got nothing nice to say then dont say nothing at all. Its the best political move he can make at this point.

Do your job

How about he resigns?

The Epitome of Weak and Dysfunctional

SethAbramson Stop tweeting.

SethAbramson He's missed his window to even fake any attempt at unification or compassion. He's still rant tweeting from his bunker stoking the fire. His ONLY option is ResignNowTrump

Guess he can’t get Hannity or Rush on the phone tonight to find out what he should...for ratings, not to help the country

SethAbramson Consistent incompetence.

Take his phone away

Oh ffs. Stop acting like Team Tяump doesn’t love what’s going on

Well, they can settle under siege. He knows what he needs to do. They all know.

... 45* must be hiding in his underground bunker holding Melanie's hand... Notice each time he is scared, he ask for Melanie's presence... 'mommy mommy', what should I do...

SethAbramson Gee...this is a surprise!

How unusual.

Politics before people😡

Resign! Best steps for America. If he cared even one iota for the country he would resign and take the incompetents with him.

Just want Russia and China want to hear.

Why don’t they just decide to do the right thing?

SethAbramson He ran & hid...

Is anyone surprised?

SethAbramson Trump made his position clear, long ago, regarding 'racial tensions.'

Just let the liberal city’s burn!

They don’t know what to do because they ALL lack understanding and empathy...they are frozen in their ignorance

There’s no plan? No fucking kidding.

I thought their next steps were to blame it on everyone they don’t like: democrats, mayors, governors, Biden, etc. Surprised Obama hasn’t been blamed yet.

He actually managed this situation badly from start, and he is still doing so.

His resignation would be a good place to start. TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER

Resign.

How can they they need the flavor of our voices. No colored people to help or guide them. They need to reach out to the NAACP.

SethAbramson How many steps from the oval to Marine One so he can get the hell out of our House?

They have no clue what to do. Is this what they call leadership? Damn, sure can't wait until we have a Democrat as President. November and January couldn't come fast enough for me. Vote for Biden and Vote Blue all the way through.

The best thing the fake president can do is shut up... period....

Other than 'I resign', can anyone think of what this failure could say to improve things? Another Trump hostage video where he's saying what he's been told to say? Could that help?

unclechud Let’s help them out...RESIGN

Half say absolutely not and the other half say Fuck No !

Maybe it's because his aides are larger cowards than him and afraid to advise the right thing. Or they are cut from same cloth of rascist ignorance. GeorgeFloyd

I know....it's tough when the choices are 'heal the nation' or 'declaring the dictatorship and start the murders'

SethAbramson A trump Resignation would be a start.

Judging by his Twitter feed the past several days, there is nothing he could say that would be helpful. It would be best if he doesn’t say anything at this point.

That’s the problem. He has to go away or he could start something that won’t stop. No one wants to hear from him.

very easy do nothing but contain the protests to the location they are currently at

Resign earlier realDonaldTrump . Problem solved.

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