Published 20:32 IST, May 30th 2020

Donald Trump says protesters would have been met with 'vicious dogs and ominous weapons'

Donald Trump also hailed the Secret Service for their professionalism and for efficiently clamping down on protesters who were demonstrating outside the WH. 

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US President Donald Trump on May 30 took to his Twitter handle to slam ongoing protests in United States, especially that are taking place outside White House. Trump in his Tweet said that protesters outside White House would have been "greeted with vicious dogs h y come closer". Trump also hailed Secret Service for ir professionalism and for efficiently clamping down on protesters who were demonstrating outside White House. 

Trump praised nts involved in handling protesters outside White House and said he couldn't have felt more safe ding that whenever someone would try to breach line, nts would quickly come down hard on m. 

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Trump also called demonstrations that are taking place over murder of George Floyd, an African-American man 'professionally organised'. Trump went on to criticise Washington DC Mayor, Muriel Bowser saying that she is always looking for money and help, and wouldn’t let capital's police get involved. Trump in his Twitter rant quoted Muriel as saying, "t ir job," with a sarcastic 'Nice' at end taking a jibe at Democratic Party mayor. 

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"Burning buildings with people inside, stealing from small and large businesses, threatening and harassing reporters," he tweeted. "All in middle of a pandemic where people have alrey lost everything. This isn’t calling for meaningful change in our communities, this is disgusting," he said.

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20:32 IST, May 30th 2020