MEDIA/PROTESTS: “I saw last night where these radical anarchists were trying to get into the mayor’s house [in Portland], and lots of bad things were happening to this poor, foolish, very stupid mayor. I mean, how he could be mayor, I have no idea…
Only a fool would stick up for them like that. These are anarchists. These are agitators. They’re rioters. They’re looters. They’re bad people. They’re burning down Portland. And you take a look at that. You take a look at the scenes last night. And then the fake-news media will say that they’re friendly protesters. Because you people — I’ll tell you, if we only had an honest press in this country, we’d be much more advanced. But we have a very dishonest press.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure | Joint Base Andrews, MD,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 1, 2020