Trump privately scolded, warned by allies
Source: axios
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Over the past couple of days, numerous advisers both inside and outside the White House have urged the president to tone down his violent rhetoric, which many worry could escalate racial tensions and hurt him politically.
Behind the scenes: The biggest source of internal concern was Trump's escalatory tweet, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." Some advisers said it could damage him severely with independent voters and suburban women.
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Some of Trump's most trusted aides, including Hope Hicks, expressed concern about a tweet he sent shortly before 1am Friday, in which he used a violent phrase with a racist history rooting back to police brutality against African Americans in the 1960s: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts."
A number of people outside the White House weighed in over the course of the day. On Friday morning, Facebook raised concerns to the White House about Trump's incendiary message and urged them to make a change even if it did not violate Facebook's policies, according to a source familiar with the outreach.
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One adviser said they saw it as the president's worst moment since Charlottesville........................
Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-protests-riots-4ab7f1e1-1498-433b-8b80-cedf3cc1ae96.html
bucolic_frolic
(43,143 posts)cstanleytech
(26,286 posts)for their actions down the road and even a Presidential pardon may not help them as it oven does not prevent state level charges.
catbyte
(34,376 posts)this afternoon. jfc.
dweller
(23,629 posts)methinks fatnixon has donned his gestapo r us togs
and has secluded himself in Mailorder's under-tenniscourt bunker...
awaiting the "storm"
✌🏼
keithbvadu2
(36,783 posts)Too late.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)that bastard has been dog whistling his racism as long as I can remember - FUCK these enablers
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)He's heading toward a padded cell faster than any campaigning. All his "allies" are wasting their concern if it's for votes. They need to get him into a doctor's care and do so immediately.
Just look at how far he's fallen in 5 days.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)concerns.
oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)I'd rather they stay and "appear" to try whatever the hell it is they're trying.
I think the only person he'd MAYBE listen to would be Ivanka
trueblue2007
(17,213 posts)Trump phoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. During the call, Zuckerberg "expressed concerns about the tone and the rhetoric," according to a source familiar with the call.
Zuckerberg "didn't make any specific requests," the source said. A second source familiar with the call said the Facebook boss told Trump that he personally disagreed with the president's incendiary rhetoric and that by using language like this, Trump was putting Facebook in a difficult position.
ancianita
(36,038 posts)Just sayin'. Not judging.
But media would like to be able to spread this out there, right?
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)and Zuckerberg's home need to be targets of demonstrations.
cstanleytech
(26,286 posts)we see facebook change.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)monmouth4
(9,694 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,905 posts)Zuckerberg is doing it to himself.
Dios Mio
(429 posts)Who are these ass wipes? Are they transporting to earth 2 after he destroys earth 1?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)A landslide victory for Biden will take quite a few GOP Senators down and provide an even bigger majority in the House. The GOP might never recover from that.
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)maxrandb
(15,324 posts)The furrowed brow.
The disapproving glance.
The heavy sigh.
With post graduate degrees in strongly worded letters and tsk-tsking
Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)n/t
Crowman2009
(2,494 posts)That's seems a bit harsh! I'm sure he learned his lesson.
I would maybe growing a spine, impeach the fucker, then drop kick his ass out into the raging mob at Pennsylvania Ave.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)smb
(3,471 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)"Ya, mein Führer, the optiks aren't good. Could you change the name to, "The Penultimate Solution"?
agincourt
(1,996 posts)like he always does
DENVERPOPS
(8,814 posts)He is merely a pawn of Putin AND the entire RepubliCON party. A pawn that went Rogue, given his personality.
Some Journalist HAS to do a massive list of what the RepubliCONs, (especially the RepubliCON controlled Senate) has done in the shadows, every day for the past three years. All while he daily gives the RepubliCON owned media something to report on, and not the RepubliCON CABAL & crap going on behind the scenes.
Trump is such an idiot, he thinks he is the mastermind of all this shit. IF and when this shit is ended, he is toast in oh so many ways.
The RepubliCONs will kick him to the curb, having outgrown his usefulness. He can't run to even Russia, or any other Tyrant controlled regime, they all know he is a massive phony.
He is so out of control at this point, all wrapped up in his narcissistic psychopathic sadist self aggrandizement that the RepubliCONS might trash him, install Pence and install a yes man VP. They will be rewarded by their voters for doing such a good job for the Party, that they will be once again able to vote Republican with a "clear conscience.
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)He needs to resign.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)When stumpy loses, will the 21%ers form a picket around the white house?
You know. Like the sieges laid by the Roman army..like bundy laid at the wash. state park.
Except they better not forget theys toothbrush and cigs. . But seriously, , will the
hardcore, clorox swillers, maga to the death...roll out and make trouble?
SergeStorms
(19,199 posts)have enough reasons to Dump Trump already. If it took this heinous action to persuade them Trump has to go, they haven't been paying attention.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I call BS.