NEW: Donald Trump wanted 10,000 troops on the streets to quell protests

At a heated White House meeting last Monday morning, President Donald Trump said he wanted 10,000 troops in Washington, D.C., and other cities to quell that protests over police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death, according to a senior U.S. Department of Defense official.

However, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Gen. Mark Milley and Attorney General Bill Barr all opposed such a move.

In the end, there were 1,600 active duty troops sent to the D.C. region on standby in case they were needed.

It was the National Guard that was the primary force, with 5,100 guardsman called up, all of whom remain in Washington, D.C.

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And today, with a couple of hundred thousand protesters on the streets of DC, it is completely peaceful.

Trump has disappeared and crawled back into his bunker.

Thread: Where is our President Trump today? A million protesters in DC and only two tweets and no public appearance.