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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA serious divide exists among Trump advisers over how to address nights of protests and riots in US
A serious divide has emerged among Donald Trump's top allies and advisers over how the President should address several nights of protests and riots across the nation following the death of George Floyd. Trump is being urged by some advisers to formally address the nation and call for calm, while others have said he should condemn the rioting and looting more forcefully or risk losing middle-of-the-road voters in November, according to several sources familiar with the deliberations.
Trump has adopted an uneven message on the demonstrations. While in some appearances he has taken a measured approach in calling for calm, on Twitter he has used violent rhetoric and seemed to suggest Saturday his supporters stage a counter-protest outside the White House.
Over the weekend, some aides sought to convince Trump against using violent rhetoric after he wrote on Twitter that "when the looting starts the shooting starts," warning language like that could inflame an already combustible situation and would not appear presidential.
During a staff call Friday, Trump's top domestic policy aide Brooke Rollins argued for a measured response to riots the night before, advice that was echoed by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Several advisers feared, and hoped to avoid, another Charlottesville moment, when Trump was criticized after declaring in 2017 that "very fine people" were among the Nazi mobs that descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia. When the President made his first vague statement on that violence, he blamed the conflicts on "many sides."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-serious-divide-exists-among-trump-advisers-over-how-to-address-nights-of-protests-and-riots-in-us-after-floyds-death/ar-BB14QeiB?li=BBnb7Kz
Gee I wonder what Stephen Miller is advising?
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)disagreements with t-rump and cronies. Seems like every week there is some type of conflict within the administration and his allies.
To his allies, step up, if you sorta care about the USA, tell him to resign.
BumRushDaShow
(128,527 posts)has blown away the phony staged "open up America" protests by many orders of magnitude, so that media cycle was completely drowned out.
alwaysinasnit
(5,060 posts)If I had to guess, I would say that he is desperately urging martial law and protester round-ups followed by incarceration.
louis-t
(23,273 posts)and sic "the dogs" on them. The other side wants a more "measured" response, such as kneeling on necks. I hate these fucking people.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)pecosbob
(7,533 posts)yet