@realDonaldTrump WASHINGTON - (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called protesters in Minneapolis “thugs” and said that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts” — drawing another warning from Twitter for his rhetoric.
Trump tweeted after protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody torched a police station. Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather Earlier Thursday, Trump said, “I feel very, very badly" about George Floyd's death while handcuffed and in the custody of Minneapolis police. "That’s a very shocking sight.” Two nights of protests in Minneapolis have turned dangerous after the police-involved death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.