Trump says White House ‘protesters’ would have been met with ‘vicious dogs’ and ‘ominous weapons’ if they had charged the gates and thanks the Secret Service ‘who love it’ for protecting him
President Donald Trump has thanked the Secret Service and issued a blustering warning after a crowd protesting the death of George Floyd attempted to storm the White House grounds on Friday night.
‘Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool,’ Trump tweeted on Saturday morning from the White House.
‘I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard – didn’t know what hit them,’ he continued.
‘The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen,’ Trump wrote.
A protester holds his hands up as police officers enter Lafayette Park during a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of black man George Floyd
‘That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action,’ he said.
Trump continued, presumably in the voice of a Secret Service supervisor: ‘“We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you!’
‘On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor, @MurielBowser, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved. “Not their job.” Nice!’ he concluded.
Overnight, police and Secret Service agents were out in force around the White House before dozens of demonstrators gathered across the street in Lafayette Square chanting,”I can’t breathe.”