Trump the King - First Thing: police gassed protesters so Trump could get a photo op

He was tear-gassing a medical/aid station that was set up on the patio of the church, staffed by doctors, nurses, and clergy. Very tough guy to put down such an insurrection.

The president threatened to deploy federal troops as demonstrations continued around the US. Plus, why Run the Jewels are the right band for the times

Good morning.

Donald Trump walked from the White House to the nearby St John’s Episcopal church on Monday. Not to worship or pray there, as many presidents have done before, but to pose for a photo holding a copy of the bible aloft. Just beforehand, police had used teargas and rubber bullets to clear a crowd of peaceful protesters from his path.

The photo op came shortly after Trump described himself as “your president of law and order”, and threatened to deploy federal troops to quell the nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd – a threat that would require him to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act, last used during the LA riots of 1992.

Church leaders responded to his behaviour with outrage, but the president was unrepentant. Also on Monday, he ranted at governors and other officials that they must “dominate” their states and cities, saying otherwise they would “look like a bunch of jerks.”

This president has “built his entire political career as a gold-painted tower to incite violence,” says Richard Wolffe. And in threatening to deploy the military, writes David Smith, Trump has raised the spectre of fascism:

Comparisons to dictators, fashionable during Trump’s political ascent, have fallen out of favour in recent years. Now they might be in for a comeback.

Barack Obama applauded the peaceful protesters in a Medium post that presented a stark contrast to Trump’s response. The former president offered advice on translating the demonstrations into a “turning point” for the struggle to address structural racism.

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Trump is the true president of law and order, he is the American savior.

MAGA

He's not a Christian...bren trying to tell people this years. Holding a bible doesn't mean shit, especially when he has a tree of life kabbalah plaque hanging in his office..,he's a kabbalhists like most elites, stop being so naive

All of the Trump cult is naive about who that shit really is.

He's not a Christian...bren trying to tell people this years. Holding a bible doesn't mean shit, especially when he has a tree of life kabbalah plaque hanging in his office..,he's a kabbalhists like most elites, stop being so naive

the burger king maybe ... that'd be about all hes king of. Maybe of the toilet seat when hes sitting on it? I dont know.