Washington: Secret Service agents rushed President Donal Trump to safety to a White House bunker on Friday night as a hundred protesters gathered around the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging the police barricades.
The abrupt decision by the agents was because of the chants from protestors in Lafayette Park could be heard all weekend, Secret Service agents and law enforcement officers thought best to shelter Mr.President since it was difficult to contain the crowd, Donal Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker.
Friday’s protest was triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after he was manhandled by the cops in Minneapolis. The protests in Washington turned violent and appeared to catch the officers by surprise, nobody had predicted that things could get this worse. The protests sparked one of the highest alerts on the White House complex since 9/11, and usually, the bunkers are designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks.
President Donal Trump traveled to Florida on Saturday to witness the first manned space launch from the U.S in nearly after a decade; he returned to White House under virtual siege, with protestors turning violent and having the President not address the nation since the incident took place, plus calling out on protestors by “thugs” and “terrorists” has left the crow furious.
As cities toppled in flames, spitting images and videos of violence all around the nations has left the internet baffled. Trump’s advisers discussed the prospect of an Oval Office address in an attempt to ease tension. The notion quickly took off the table only cause of lack of policy proposals and the shocking to see the president’s own self disinterest in delivering a message of unity.
Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2020
On Sunday, since Donald Trump’s disinterest, a White House Representative official addressed the nation on behalf of the president. Later that day, Trump retweeted a message from a conservative commentator on Twitter encouraging authorities to respond with greater force.
“This isn’t going to stop until the good guys are willing to use overwhelming force against the bad guys,” Buck Sexton tweeted which was then retweeted by the president.
Mitchell Landsberg is the senior reporter for News Raise and focuses on Technology. Mitchell regularly writes about social media platforms and how influencers, industry and general people use them to communicate and make money.
