Trump Suggests 'MAGA' Fans Gather, Makes Military Threat
Source: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to rally at the White House, inviting a potentially dangerous mix of protesters after people angry about the death of an unarmed black man in Minnesota police custody skirmished with the Secret Service on Friday.
He threatened the unlimited power of the U.S. military to clamp down on demonstrations, tweeting from Air Force One as he traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the launch of a SpaceX spacecraft. The military is ready, willing and able to assist, Trump said earlier.
In a series of tweets early on Saturday, Trump also seemed to revel in the potential for violence outside the White House, warning that Fridays protesters would have been met by the most vicious dogs and most ominous weapons had they dared to breach the fence around the property.
He depicted Secret Services agents as eager to battle the demonstrators, and later issued an appeal to his supporters to assemble: Tonight, I understand, is MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE???
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-suggests-maga-fans-gather-makes-military-threat/ar-BB14O8dh?li=BBnb7Kz
I hope the protesters stay safe, because the madman in the White House is looking for more people to kill. 100,000+ for COVID-19 and 3,000 dead for Hurricane Maria are not enough to satisfy Trump's bloodlust.
We are still in the middle of pandemic, millions of people are unemployed, and Trump can do nothing better than to egg on and divide people.
Worst President ever.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)I cannot believe this is happening in America - I just cannot...
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)creature.
olddad65
(599 posts)Putin and the Russian mob own him. Their plan is the demise of the USA and they have been winning since they installed their puppet, and destroyed our democracy.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)pwb
(11,261 posts).
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Bet on it. His base laps his right up.
jaxexpat
(6,820 posts)They won't show up much until the bars close. Then they'll be sleepy. Protesters should bring blankets and pillows as a sign of sobriety.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)Detainees in concentration camps who are not allowed to vote
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)"MAGA night at the Whitehouse". Does he want them to bring their AR-15's as well? This is more than insane.
And what a sick way to bump CV-19 off the news cycle. Oh, no progress there. Some new hot spots cropping up, as expected.
olddad65
(599 posts)All this insanity win the streets will cause a surge in new cases.
Lock him up.
(6,928 posts)... in Moscow. The tallest, most luxurious tower in History, many people say...
Destroying the US has been the Russian mob's goal since 1990... they found the *perfect* idiotic moron to implement their plan.
Harker
(14,015 posts)A very high window.
olddad65
(599 posts)Hip2bSquare
(291 posts)doing what he does best... rally his little tiki torch "army" to do the dirty work while he sits back, absorbs cheeseburgers and grr tweets.
As long as WE stick together with one goal, we will win! Vote Him Out!
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)MAY 30, 2020 3:12PM ET
The president used the obvious trick of raising a question in order to encourage his supporters to show up at the White House on Saturday and possibly clash with George Floyd demonstrators
by PETER WADE
President Trump was asked about a tweet he shared where he seemed to be inviting his supporters to gather in counter-protest of those who might demonstrate again at the White House on Saturday night.
Trump denied his intent was to provoke violence when asked about his Saturday morning tweet that not only disparaged those who protested at the White House on Friday night but also included an invite of sorts to his supporters to show up on Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday night, writing, Tonight, I understand, is MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE???
Trump was asked by a reporter: With your tweets today, are you concerned that you might be stoking more racial violence or more racial discord?
No no, not at all, Trump answered. MAGA says make America great again. These are people that love our country.
Trump then played his phony plausible deniability card, adding, I have no idea if theyre going to be here. I was just asking.
More:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-opens-door-for-violent-clash-maga-counter-protests-at-white-house-1007952/
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)He cant even lead his sycophants. Good.
Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)Because those are the threats of an anti-democracy autocrat, not a President in a democracy.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The dangerous one cant bring their guns, so they are out. Why do you think you never see big rallies in states where you cant open carry. Like, shockingly, here in Florida. You step out of your car near the Whitehouse with an AR you better have a will.
The internet warriors cant figure a way to get their Hoverounds into their Camrys to make it there. Plus their wives wont let them.
These men are cowards.
ancianita
(36,053 posts)The Pentagon needs to step up and escort this poser president Putin tool and his lackey, Stephen Miller, from the White House.
Where's Pence lately, anyway. Waiting to be called?
niyad
(113,284 posts)Hekate
(90,674 posts)...and they chose to let him continue as potus. This is on the GOP. All of it.
I hope the generals are indeed reading the US Constitution this weekend, because that insane monster really thinks the Secret Service and US military forces will start a shooting war on the American citizenry at his say-so.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)No doubt at all. Give him four more years and see it full blown.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)It doesn't look like anyone showed up. Well, no magats anyway. Another empty promise from the man with an empty skull.
Crowman2009
(2,495 posts)Guess all that mask shaming from Drumpf came to bite him back on orange wrinkley ass.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)We can't really trust the polls. I believe the turd's support is nowhere near the 40% range. But they keep pumping out these polls that indicate a neck-and-neck horse race. I don't believe it is even close to that.
Tell the turd to pick a Saturday, any Saturday, and get his supporters to do their "protest" thing, in every city that has any turd supporters. We can't stop them from bringing their "ordinance", their nazi signs, their racist and hate signs. We should stay away, in case they feel the need to "practice" using their "ordinance".
They go first.
Then on our selected Saturday, WE do the same thing. Nationwide. Totally peacefully, with nothing more agressive than the wording on our signs.
It would have to be a united effort by every group and movement we have. Push it. Promote it. Make sure EVERYONE knows about it. Bill it as THE march before the election. THEN WE HAVE TO SHOW UP. You don't have to drive to a major city (although that is where the impressive crowds would be). We can bring OUR posters of peace, love, (maybe a few with flowers in the barrels of shotguns ala 1968) and our dump trump posters.
Then lets see whose total "crowd size" is bigger. This would be one of the few instances where size DOES matter.
1. I'm guessing he won't take the challenge because he knows how it will turn out. It would be an embarrassment for him. It would also show him as the coward that he is, hiding behind the skirts of his white supremacist militias.
2. We will shame him. If we believe in it, and show up, we could get millions nationwide. Could he?
The turd supporters need to realize that they are nothing but a small, FOX/OAN/Breitbart created bubble, a blip of an alternate universe, that is nowhere NEAR as big as they think it is.
It would also give us something for a perspective, come election day. If we show up by the millions on OUR Saturday, and they can only muster thousands on THEIR Saturday, we KNOW what the election results should be, and will know if there has been cheating.
If he KNOWS he is going to lose, then he should be forced to take his next step, whatever that may be.
Americans need to know just how far he is going to push this, so we can make plans.