'Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump threatens to send in National Guard in response to protests over George Floyd's death

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• US President Donald Trump said Friday that he may send in the National Guard in response to protests in Minnesota. "[W]hen the looting starts, the shooting starts," he tweeted.
• Trump blamed the "Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey," for the unrest. He has harbored a grudge against Frey since last fall, when the mayor tried to bill the Trump campaign for the costs associated with hosting one the president's rallies.
• Last year, the president praised the Minneapolis police union for selling "Cops for Trump" shirts.
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US President Donald Trump tweeted just after midnight on Friday a threat to shoot rioters in Minnesota.

"I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis," the president tweeted, blaming the "very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey," for social unrest that has gripped the city since the death of George Floyd in police custody on Monday.

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