President Trump
Donald John Trump The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to defeat ObamaCare Trump says there will be ‘retribution’ for those who disfigure the monuments of the White House task force that tracks coronavirus spikes even when Trump says the virus is ‘disappearing’: MORE report He said in a Twitter post on Friday that he will stay in Washington, DC, instead of going to his golf club in New Jersey over the weekend “to make sure LAW AND ORDER is followed” in the nation’s capital. .
The president was due to leave the White House for his Bedminster property later on Friday and return to Washington, DC, on Sunday. His tweet on Friday night was the first explanation he gave of why the plans were canceled.
Trump postponed the trip to New Jersey as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in several states, raising new concerns for public health and the economy.
“I was going to Bedminster, New Jersey, this weekend, but I wanted to stay in Washington, DC to make sure THE LAW AND THE ORDER is followed,” he said in a tweet. Arsonists, anarchists, looters and agitators have been largely detained. I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe, and these people will be brought to justice! ”
I was going to Bedminster, New Jersey this weekend, but I wanted to stay in Washington, DC to make sure THE LAW AND THE ORDER is followed. Arsonists, anarchists, looters and agitators have been largely detained …
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2020
Washington has seen waves of heated protests near the White House since the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on May 25.
At one point during the protests, Trump was transferred to the White House underground bunker when protesters and Secret Service agents clashed and protesters pushed metal barricades away from White House doors.
Trump has taken an aggressive stance on the protests in Washington and elsewhere and has called for the military to intervene. Earlier this month, federal police used chemical agents to disperse protesters in Lafayette Square so that the president could take a photo at the Episcopal Church of San Juan.
Last week, Trump visited and held major events in Oklahoma and Arizona, where coronavirus cases are on the rise.
New Jersey, New York and Connecticut announced earlier this week that visitors to states with large numbers of coronavirus cases, including Arizona, would have to be quarantined for two weeks.
When asked if the cancellation of the president’s trip had anything to do with the new restrictions, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said “It has nothing to do with it.”
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