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The security perimeter around the White House keeps expanding. Tall black fencing is going up seemingly by the hour. Armed guards and sharpshooters and combat troops are omnipresent.
In the 72 hours since Mondays melee at Lafayette Square, the White House has been transformed into a veritable fortress the physical manifestation of President Trumps vision of law-and-order domination over the millions of Americans who have taken to the streets to protest racial injustice.
The White House is now so heavily fortified that it resembles the monarchical palaces or authoritarian compounds of regimes in faraway lands strikingly incongruous with the historic role of the executive mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, which since its cornerstone was laid in 1792 has been known as the Peoples House and celebrated as an accessible symbol of American democracy.
This weeks security measures follow nighttime demonstrations just outside the campus gates last weekend that turned violent. White House officials stressed that Trump was not involved in the decision to beef up security or to increase the fencing around the compounds perimeter, with one senior administration official saying that the precautions are not unique to the Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-his-white-house-effectively-a-fortress-trump-sees-strength--but-others-see-weakness/2020/06/04/3c70fa26-a672-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)It's the people's house. Most hate this . . .
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Some people are fucking insane. (Trump and his cult)
I see a chickenshit deranged tyrant.