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US President Donald Trump has claimed that “people in the dark shadows” are “controlling the streets” and manipulating their Democratic opponent Joe Biden to wreak havoc.
When Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham suggested the claim “sounds like a conspiracy theory,” Trump doubled down and launched into the story of a plane that allegedly flew from an unnamed city to Washington this weekend. loaded with “thugs in these dark uniforms, black uniforms, with gear.”
The bizarre exchange caused Trump’s critics to scratch their heads and produced few clear answers as to precisely what the president was referring to. He declined to elaborate, saying the case was “under investigation.”
“What does that mean?” Asked Mrs. Ingraham. “That sounds like a conspiracy theory. Dark shadows, what is that?”
“No, they are people you have not heard of,” the president said. “They are people who are in the streets, people who control the streets.”
Trump then described a plane “from a certain city this weekend, and on the plane it was almost completely filled with thugs who were wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with equipment.” Ms. Ingraham asked where the plane was coming from, but the president objected.
But the allegations dovetail with Trump’s efforts after a week of deadly violence in protests in Wisconsin and Oregon to blame left-wing Democrats and anarchists for the riots, ignoring the role of right-wing armed agitators in both places.
In the past, discredited rumors of a plane full of black-clad rioters set out to harass right-wing towns and suburbs have surfaced on social media.
Trump said yesterday that rioters who damaged buildings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had committed acts of “domestic terror” while visiting the city to advance his tough message of law and order.
The US president said the city had been “devastated by anti-police and anti-American riots” and accused “reckless politicians of the extreme left” of criticizing police officers and promoting a “radical” ideology that threatens the safety of the streets of the country.
In Kenosha, he visited buildings destroyed by protests that erupted after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, an African-American man, in the back seven times in an incident captured on camera.
Local Democratic politicians, including state governor Tony Evers, had urged the US president not to come to the city, with some saying his presence could increase tensions.
After landing and exiting the airport, Trump was greeted by around 100 people, some holding Black Lives Matter signs or calling him a “liar.” Others waved “Trump 2020” slogans.
The president of the United States sparked controversy the day before the trip when he refused to convict Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who traveled from Illinois with a rifle to Kenosha last week and is accused of killing two protesters and wounding another. .
Meanwhile, Trump has denied having had a series of “mini strokes” amid reports that put Vice President Mike Pence on hold while he sought hospital treatment in November.
“It never ends! Now they are trying to say that their favorite president, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes,” Trump said.
“It never happened to this candidate – fake news. Maybe they are referring to another candidate!” he added, alluding to his frequent assertions that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mental acuity is somehow lacking.
Trump’s denial comes amid new scrutiny of his unannounced weekend trip to Walter Reed last November, during which the White House said the 74-year-old began “portions of his annual physical of routine”.
However, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt, West Wing staff were told to put Pence on hold “to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump were to undergo a procedure. that would have required him to be anesthetized. “
On Monday, Joe Lockhart, Bill Clinton’s former press secretary, theorized that the president was covering up a stroke. The White House denied Lockhart’s accusation and Dr. Sean Conley, a White House physician, said: “I can confirm that Trump has not experienced or been evaluated for any acute cardiovascular emergency as it was reported incorrectly.”
Irish independent
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