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Donald Trump (74) visits Kenosha! In fact, declared as undesirable by the city government, the president of the United States traveled to the state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, he announced. He condemned the riots after police were shot in the back by a black man in Kenosha as anti-American riots and domestic terrorism. At the same time, during his visit, Trump denied that there was systematic racism among the American police.
The president’s convoy was greeted in the streets by protesters against racism and police violence, but also by his followers. Trump saw a store burned under mass security and met with representatives of the security forces and some local business owners.
“Kenosha was devastated by the riots directed against the police and against the Americans,” Trump said. “It was not a peaceful protest, but internal terrorism.” Trump also pledged $ 1 million to support the local police force and $ 4 million to rebuild businesses in Kenosha.
“Black Lives Matter” -Protest gegen Trump
Before the trip, the mayor of the city and the governor of the state of Wisconsin, both Democrats, had spoken against the visit of the president. They warned that Trump’s presence could increase tensions. Both were absent from Trump’s appearance in town.
Accompanying reporters reported that on Trump’s route from the airport to the city, people were holding signs that read “Black Lives Matter.” Trump supporters, however, reportedly waved “Trump 2020” posters. “Black Lives Matter,” a protest movement against police violence against African Americans, was described Monday by the president as “Marxist.”
Trump “regrets” the Blake incident
The police operation against African American Jacob Blake, 29, on August 23 was captured on video. You can see a police officer following Blake around a car with a gun in his hand. When Blake opens the driver’s door and leans in, seven shots are fired. The video sparked outrage across the country. Members of the Blake family refused to meet with Trump.
The president had repeatedly condemned the violence by suspected left-wing radicals in Kenosha, but described the video of the Blake shooting as “a bad sight.” On Tuesday, when asked about his message to the Blake family, Trump said he felt sorry for anyone who had to go through something like this. The case is being investigated. “It is a complicated business.”
Trump had made violence on the margins of protests a key issue in the election campaign and promised “law and order” when he was reelected on November 3. This goes hand in hand with the message that in the America of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden (77) no one would be safe. Trump said the situation in Kenosha had calmed down after prompting a major deployment of the national guard and federal government security forces. Even in the city of Portland, which has been protesting for months, you can calm down “in an hour,” Trump said.
“They want the police to be the police”
Wisconsin is one of the so-called swing states, which could decide the election in the middle of clearly democratic or republican states. In Kenosha, Trump spoke of people who did not take to the streets to demonstrate, but who also wanted change: “They want law and order, they want the police to be the police.” They wanted “people to ensure their safety, that no one broke into their homes, that they were not raped and murdered.”
Trump had fueled the debate over his visit by defending 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday, who shot two people on the sidelines of the Kenosha protests. Trump warned that the protesters had attacked him “very violently” and that they “would have killed him.” Witness video shows the gunman armed with a rifle fleeing from the protesters before falling and opening fire. People around him tried to stop him, but there is no evidence that the protesters killed him. The 17-year-old has been accused of two murders, his lawyer speaks of legitimate defense. (nim / SDA)
