![]() Analysts believe he hopes that his new “law and order” slogan, harking back to Richard Nixon’s win in tumultuous 1968, will save him by encouraging his base to vote. Trump is behind in the polls ahead of the November election. ![]() Protesters display signs over President Donald Trump’s motorcade in Washington, DC © AFP/File / Brendan Smialowski A dizzying array of different security force units deployed in the city.įinally, in a gesture of raw strength, police beat mostly peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Square, next to the White House, so that Trump could safely walk across to a damaged church and brandish a Bible in front of the news cameras. Military helicopters hovered low over Washington protesters. The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, General Mark Milley, appeared at the White House in camouflage uniform. His defense Secretary, Mark Esper, echoed that muscular approach, telling governors to “dominate the battlespace.” Rather than focus on what protesters say is the root of the unrest - decades of racism and brutality against African Americans - he homed in on the rioting by a minority, calling this “domestic terror.” ![]() Then he threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act, which would mean deploying the armed forces on US soil, even against local leaders’ will. On Monday he warned governors that weakness in the face of protests marred by looting and arson would make them “look like a bunch of jerks.” US President Donald Trump walks walks across Lafayette Square in a stage-managed show of force © AFP/File / Brendan SmialowskiĪfter having declared himself a wartime president in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, Trump is now diving deep into an actual military posture on the streets of America.
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