Donald Trump has been rushed to an underground security bunker in the White House as violent protests raged in the US capital.
Reports have emerged that Mr Trump was taken to the White House bunker as angry demonstrators gathered outside the building on Friday night., came from a White House source and a police source.
Mr Trump was in the bunker for just under an hour, and the First Lady Melania Trump and their son Barron were also taken to the bunker for protection. In 18 tweets fired off in a single day, Mr Trump blamed the “radical left” and “Democratic Mayors and Governors” and the “lamestream media” in divisive language.The Lamestream Media is doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy.
He called the protesters “anarchists” and urged Democratic leaders to “call in the National Guard now” as scenes of violent clashes in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Santa Monica and numerous other cities were widely reported.
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