'The only people that the world is laughing at is the president of the United States,' Anderson Cooper said
Before Trump arrived at the church, police, despite the fact that the protesting had been peaceful. Trump has said the military should respond with force to “riots and lawlessness” as nationwide demonstrations have sometimes descended into violent confrontations and looting.
Many criticized the president for the photo op, as well as the police's response to the peaceful protests, including Cooper, 52."He's hiding in a bunker and he's embarrassed that people know that, so what does he have to do? He has to sick police on peaceful protestors so he could make a big show, the little big man, walking to a closed-down church," Cooper said Monday night on," he continued. "They're not laughing at the governors, they're standing in horror over what is happening. The only people that the world is laughing at is the president of the United States and this even — as I said, if it wasn't so dangerous and disgusting, it would be funny because it is so low rent and just sad."Atlanta Mayor Condemns Trump's Response to George Floyd Protests: 'He Speaks and He Makes It Worse' Cooper said that while he planned to be "calm and reasonable and straightforward" while covering the latest news, he admitted that he "just can't believe that this is what we have." "This is the United States of America," Cooper said. "This is the president we have. They wanted a disruptor, well yeah, that's what a disruption is.", despite the police at times enacting violence during conflict-free demonstrations. Trump has seemingly also called for violence, writing, "the looting starts, the shooting starts" on Twitter last week and calling protestors "thugs." "I'm mystified by all these people who say they are for peaceful protests," Cooper said. "I'm not sure what a peaceful protest is supposed to look like, given everyone that I've seen so far hasn't ended up so well for those who are being peaceful."
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