6/3/2020

PROTESTS/NATIONAL GUARD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If you look at what happened in Minnesota, they were getting decimated, and after three days of watching it, I demanded that the National Guard be utilized, and in one day, it was over…

You have a liberal mayor that, frankly, was having a lot of trouble, and you have a very liberal mayor in New York too. Do you notice that all of these places that have problems are not run by Republicans, they’re run by Liberal Democrats, so there is something into that philosophy, and yet they’re also the ones keeping everybody locked up in their apartments and their homes for too long a period of time, so it’s very interesting how that changes, but no, the National Guard, we could solve that problem in New York, and in fact, if they don’t get their act straightened out, I will solve it. I’ll solve it fast.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Radio Interview Transcript: Admits Going to Bunker During Protests, But Was for an ‘Inspection’,” rev.com, June 3, 2020: