Trump touts plan to keep US policing

US President Donald Trump told Fox News' Harris Faulkner in an exclusive interview Thursday that his administration planned to do "lots of good things keep our law enforcement strong." The president also said it is unfair to broadly paint all police officers as unprofessional. He spoke after a meeting in Dallas on race relations and policing on Thursday.

The president was quizzed on his tweets during protests brought on by the death of George Floyd in police custody. And in response Trump said: "When you see an event like that with the more than eight minutes of horror, that's eight minutes truly of horror, a disgrace," referring to the  video showing then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck on May 25.

Earlier in discussions with a select group of law enforcement officials, the president said the nation also needs to bolster its efforts to confront its long-simmering racial relations problems by focusing on inequality, redoubling on his contention that solving economic issues is the fastest way to healing racial wounds. He said his administration would aggressively pursue economic development in minority communities, confront health care disparities by investing “substantial sums” in minority-serving medical institutions, and improve school choice options.