“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker,” Barr said.
"They said it would be a good time to go down and take a look because maybe sometime you're going to need it," Trump said.Fox News’ Bret Baier that Trump went down in reaction to “extremely violent demonstrations,” including “a lot of injuries to police officers, arson.”
“Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended the president go down to the bunker," Barr said. “We can’t have that in our country.”Protests erupted across the country after Floyd was killed in police custody last month. Floyd, a black man, was seen on video pleading, “I can’t breathe,” as officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while three other officers stood by passively. The protests have been a mix of peaceful and violent, but D.C.
last week found that just 33% of Americans approve of his response to Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests, including just 28% of independents.Trump has gone to great lengths to project an image of strength and resolve amid an increasingly fraught and chaotic national environment. He has
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