President Trump stayed safely ensconced inside and had nothing to say, besides tweeting fuel on the fire. Trump and some of his advisers calculated that he should not speak to the nation because he had nothing to say, according to a senior administration official. He had no tangible policy or action to announce, nor did he feel an urgent motivation to try to bring people together. In one of his missives, Trump wrote, “Get tough Democrat Mayors and Governors. “It is time to stop watching the violence and to confront and stop it,” Barr said in a statement issued Sunday.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2020 23:01 UTC