Trump says he went to underground bunker Friday but only to "inspect" it
Source: CBS News
President Trump acknowledges that he went to the bunker underneath the White House Friday, but claimed he did so more for an "inspection." He also said that he went in the afternoon, not in the evening as had been reported, when the scene outside the White House became much more chaotic.
In a Fox News Radio interview Wednesday, the president said he was only in the bunker for "a short period of time" and claimed the Secret Service had told him it would be a good time to look at the bunker because "maybe sometime you're going to need it."
The New York Times first reported the president went to the bunker Friday night for nearly an hour as protests became violent Friday evening. A senior administration official who confirmed to CBS News the president was briefly moved to the bunker Friday evening as protests wore on said the action was taken out of an abundance of caution.
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Mr. Trump struggled to answer questions from Kilmeade on what needs to be done to address the injustices felt by the black community when it comes to policing, pivoting instead to his poll numbers with African-Americans. When Kilmeade pointed to a poll that found that only 36% of black Americans say they trust their local police and asked how to fix that, the president replied that it's a "very sad problem," before claiming he's doing well with African-Americans in the polls. The president also pointed to prior unemployment numbers for African-Americans, which have since jumped amid the coronavirus crisis. A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 89% of voters back former Vice President Joe Biden over Mr. Trump.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bunker-protest-white-house/
videohead5
(2,178 posts)Renew Deal
(81,863 posts)OK
rurallib
(62,423 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,947 posts)Only those who have swilled mass quantities of the Kool Aid could swallow such odious codswollop.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)the entire viewership of FAUX News, then?
Cirque du So-What
(25,947 posts)Lotta overlap on that Venn diagram.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)To get a physical at the hospital in the evening without an appointment. Hes just a compulsive liar.
smb
(3,473 posts)...he looked out the window, and figured they might as well take care of it while they had conveniently available urine and feces samples.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Link to tweet
generalbetrayus
(507 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)TygrBright
(20,762 posts)Cattledog
(5,916 posts)usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)What constitutes a half visit?
Also, do Melania and Barron always go along on these inspections?
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/trump-denies-sheltering-in-white-house-bunker-amid-protests-298406
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Canoe52
(2,948 posts)Link to tweet
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SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,911 posts)Unstable Moron.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)mpcamb
(2,871 posts)Just saw that on a WaPo article comment.
Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)In July and against heavy traffic...
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)Id insist that I had meant to do it if anyone laughed and I felt humiliated.
Hes a brat throwing a tantrum.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)aggiesal
(8,918 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Pretty serious "inspection" there, Little Donnie.
Joinfortmill
(14,434 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Thats just stupid.
CRK7376
(2,199 posts)take his wife and son on an inspection tour?