George Floyd death: Trump denies protests forced him into bunker
'I'm tired of being afraid': Why Americans are protesting
There have been protests near the White House, and across the US, for days over the death in custody of George Floyd. "The option to use active duty forces should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now," he said.
"As of right now, Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper and should the president lose faith we will all learn about that in the future," she said.The death of African-American George Floyd, whose neck was pinned down by the knee of a white policeman in Minneapolis, sparked widespread protests. A report in the New York Times quoted a source as saying Mr Trump was taken into the bunker on Friday night with bodyguards.
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