Trump boasts of building 'greatest economy in world' cries foul over impeachment charges

Even as America remains worst-hit country in world due to Coronavirus with over a 100,000 deaths and millions infected in addition to  job loses, United States President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to state that he has made United States greatest ecomy in world adding that he is doing it again.

After half an hour later, he posted ar tweet putting onus on investigations on alleged collusion of Trump with Russia to influence 2016 presidential elections and impeachment charges which he had fo face. He opined that he could have been well ahead of his opponent and presidential minee Joe Biden and his party if t for impeachment charges and investigations.

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Besides pandemic, United States government is also grappling with Black Lives Matter protests surrounding death of an African American named George Floyd died due to police brutality. Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died at hands of Minneapolis police. As per reports, Floyd was arrested by local police for unspecified charges on May 26. A tussle is said to have broken out between George Floyd and police officials, which resulted in Floyd’s death after being subdued for several minutes by an officer. In a video that went viral on internet, officer was seen pressing his knee against Floyd's neck who was seen gasping for air before turning motionless.

George Floyd's death has triggered mass unrest in various parts of US. As per reports, police officer Derek Chauvin and three or officers - Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng - were later fired by Minneapolis Police Department. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder.

Lakhs of American citizens have hit streets in protest against racial discrimination and injustice. However, protest later took a turn for worse with several incidents of vandalism, looting and riots as protestors barged into stores, malls and shops damd places and looted m in name of protests.

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