Trump fights accusations he stoked violence in escalating Twitter feud
US President Donald Trump is trying to walk back a tweet on the Minnesota riots, which was originally blocked by the social media giant, saying his comment about shooting was misinterpreted. – EPA pic, May 30, 2020.
US President Donald Trump pushed back yesterday against accusations of stoking violence after he provoked outrage – and an unprecedented sanction from Twitter – by tweeting: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Twitter for the first time hid one of Trump’s tweets, saying it broke rules on “glorifying violence” when he tweeted about the protests, looting and arson rocking the northern US city of Minneapolis in the aftermath of an unarmed black man’s death during his arrest by a police officer.
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