It's all kicking off in America

[Joywillcomeagain]

Trumps deployed all law enforcement in Washington and has said he'll deploy troops elsewhere www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-52876499?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5ed5a1f0c4f90006616e0521%26DOJ%20deploys%20all%20law%20enforcement%20agencies%20in%20DC%262020-06-02T01%3A16%3A24.702Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:7cd5ae46-cbd8-43f8-b429-307cd0a95bb9&pinned_post_asset_id=5ed5a1f0c4f90006616e0521&pinned_post_type=share

He is an idiot and will inflame the situation, not to mention a coward hiding in his bunker.

Trump is fuelling the fire. He's a total arsewipe.

America needs to change.

Will he be this hardline with China? The people of Hong Kong need protecting from the police.

Apparently he's ok with people protesting in Hong Kong but wants to use the military on US protestors

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/27/trump-hong-kong-bills-signed-china-protest

Go figure

I’m just watching this on the news. God help america, he’s destroying the country.

Trump is talking but that doesn't mean it will happen.
The governors don't want the military or they would have asked for them.
Those that are using the NG are doing so with care.
Trump doesn't have the power he thinks he does as per usual.

Just watching footage of him on a photoshoot holding up a bible lol.

He's presiding over a lawless society right now.

Oh, jeez. Martial law doesn't seem like a great idea in a country where so many citizens own their own guns.

This is just the beginning... Rioting at a time not long before the US go to the poles.

If he gets in power there will likely be more riots.

If he doesn’t, he will incite more riots....

I thought COVID was a risk to the stability of the country, in fact I predicted a civil war a couple of months ago.

Now I genuinely think it’s only a matter of time.

People say trump doesn’t have the power. But he does. Just look at the handling of COVID and the protests over lockdown.

Look at the Mexico wall. The fact the US has withdrawn funding to the WHO.

The US has long needed to change. I grew up in South Africa just before apartheid was abolished, and IMO the only difference between SA and the US is that in SA apartheid was part of the constitution hence why countries stood against it.

But in the US it’s societal and because it’s not law just understanding it’s widely overlooked.

I really hope all this leads to change, real change, and soon

It really needs to change, I feel so sorry for them.

I couldn't imagine anything worse than being American.

Apparently he's ok with people protesting in Hong Kong but wants to use the military on US protestors

He wants to stop the rampant looting and destruction, not the peaceful protestors. And he has said that IF its not brought under control then he will send in the military. No doubt just more empty threats from him. Nor a trumo supporter but something needs to be done to stop the riots and looting though. Not sure if youve seen it but many cities are burning. that's ok with you? It shouldn't be

*not a trump supporter that should say

And just to say, the protests have remained largely peaceful in many cities, including my own thankfully. I fully agree with the protests. Mass riots, looting and setting fires not so much. It needs to be stopped.

Well the police can’t seem to deal with this. I’m not sure what else you’re supposed to do when people are behaving this way, it’s really not comparable to Hong Kong. They need get this under control and then they need to sort themselves out immediately. In particular they need to reform their policing with automatic disqualification for officers who are known to hold racist views and consequences for higher ups who allow systematic racism within their ranks and they also really need to limit private gun ownership. It’s getting ridiculous now.

So, if this is the USA after trump's made it great, what the hell will it look like when things have gone pear shaped?

In his speech, before walking over to the hurch, he said he was doing to protect....."your second amendment rights".

Is this a thinly veiled hint to private citizens to shoot looters, rioters?

So, if this is the USA after trump's made it great, what the hell will it look like when things have gone pear shaped?

Where have you been? This is the USA every few years. I hope this time is actually a catalyst for a real effort to change.

It’s a perfect storm - pandemic, 40 million unemployed, a militarised police force, systemic racism being stoked and fanned by a lunatic dictator of a president after the brutal murder of a black man by a police officer. It’s absolutely petrifying.

I couldn't imagine anything worse than being American

@e1y1

Really? Well that demonstrates either a paucity of imagination. Or a profound lack of global knowledge.

There can't be many US presidents who have declared war on their own people.

@e1y1
I couldn’t imagine anything worse than being American

Let me guess, you’re the quintessential English rose, racked with anxiety for having to cancel her summer ‘hols’ in Spain and Cornwall.

Have a nice cuppa and then do one.

I couldn’t imagine anything worse than being American

I couldn’t imagine anything worse than making sweeping statements deriding or pitying (not sure which was your intention) an entire continent.

@DemolitionCrew

It’s a perfect storm - pandemic, 40 million unemployed, a militarised police force, systemic racism being stoked and fanned by a lunatic dictator of a president after the brutal murder of a black man by a police officer. It’s absolutely petrifying.

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