Calls governors facing unrest 'weak' and 'fools,'

[struggle4progress]

June 1, 2020, 12:31 PM EDT / Updated June 1, 2020, 12:55 PM EDT
By Geoff Bennett, Shannon Pettypiece and Monica Alba

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at governors during a White House videoconference, telling them that “most of you are weak” after states grappled with another night of anger and unrest following the killing of George Floyd last week.

According to a source on the call, Trump was “annoyed” with the governors for their response to the protests and urged law enforcement to crack down and make more arrests. "You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,” Trump said, according to the source.

Trump was described by one person on the call as “losing it,” with another saying the president called the governors “fools” and expressed anger with Democratic mayors in particular over the protests and unrest ravaging cities nationwide ...

"You have to dominate. If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” the president said, according to a person listening in ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-calls-governors-facing-unrest-weak-fools-urges-stronger-police-n1221116

[Ohioboy]

1. Isn't a big part of why the protests continue the fact that the police are responding so forcefully?

If the police were to join with the protesters and concentrate only on the rioters and looters (there is a big difference between the protesters and the rioters) I think things could start to calm down. Police in Toledo on Saturday fired rubber bullets at a peaceful protest while in other parts of town windows were being broken by agitators. What's up with that?

[Midnightwalk]

2. There's no video

Because trump was saying this while hiding under the table in the situation room with the lights off

[Newest Reality]

3. Such a

Such a true Fascist. I guess it is too early for telling them to put the people in concentration camps. That's domination, too.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Too bad he wasn't this aggressive about the Covid response.

You've got to identify people through testing, you've got to track people, you've got to put them in quarantine.

Instead we get "You've got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail".

[maxsolomon]

5. I think the American People deserve to hear this call without any interruption.

His mask is slipping.

For his entire misbegotten life, his Ego has been controlled by what he's saying here: "You need to dominate", or you'll look weak and a fool.

Roy Cohn gave him some really bad advice.

[JHB]

6. "A question, Mr. President...

Maybe it's another audio or mike problem, but every time you pause for a few seconds, we're hearing some kind of faint wet smacking sound. As a parent and grandparent I've heard something like it before, so we just need to lay this out...

Mr. President, can you please stop sucking your thumb for the remainder of this call?"