US president says violent protests in Washington was a total disgrace. FMTNews Trump Protest Washington
Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 1, in Washington.
“What happened in the city last night was a total disgrace,” he said during a nationwide address as tear gas went off and crowds protested in the streets nearby. He denounced “acts of domestic terror” after nationwide protests against the death of an unarmed African American George Floyd in police custody devolved into days of violent race riots across the country.
He also called on state governors to “deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets” before heading on foot for a photo op at the riot-damaged St John’s, the two-century-old “church of the presidents” across from the White House.
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