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Despite being asked not to attend, US President Trump traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin. There was a riot in the city after the police shot a black man. Trump wants to continue his law and order campaign there.
The mayor of Kenosha advised against a visit, and the governor also spoke out openly against the visit of the president of the United States to the city of Wisconsin, which is marked by protests and riots. But no one could convince Donald Trump: He flew to Kenosha and met with security guards and merchants whose stores had been looted in recent days.
Law and order have become Trump’s theme in the election campaign. Now get on with this on Kenosha. There is violence and chaos in the democratically governed city, he said shortly before his departure. In recent days he has repeatedly spoken of “anarchy” in relation to peaceful protests: “You keep using the expression – it’s so beautiful – peaceful protest. And behind the reporter the cities are on fire.”
Protests against racism and police violence
Trouble erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back on August 23. Blake has been paralyzed ever since. The incident sparked protests against racism and police violence. Despite the night curfew, repeated riots broke out in the following days. Kyle R., 17, an avowed Trump supporter, is said to have shot two people. He has been charged with murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of weapons. Kyle R.’s attorney talks about self-defense. His client wanted to defend his community together with others.
Trump also defended the shooter. The protesters attacked him “very violently,” Trump said. “He was trying to get away from them, I guess it seems that way, and he fell.” He “would have been assassinated,” Trump added.
Fight for the sovereignty of interpretation
Representatives of “Black Lives Matter” and participants in the demonstrations see it very differently: Kyle R. acts as a national terrorist who deliberately agitates the situation through violence. Many blame Trump for complicity. The president spreads fear of chaos and anarchy, glorifies gun ownership, and indirectly supports it when armed militias are suddenly formed.
Trump also boasted on Twitter that he had sent federal security forces and the National Guard to Kenosha. However, Governor Tony Evers had previously authorized the use of the National Guard, which is subordinate to the governors in peacetime, to support the police. Trump still sold the operation as a success for his administration.
Trump’s Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, accused the president of “poisoning the nation’s values.” Speaking about an election campaign, Biden said: “Fires are burning and we have a president who lights the flames instead of fighting them.”
Trump has not planned a meeting with the family of the injured Jacob Blake. She just wanted to see him accompanied by a lawyer, the president said before his departure.
