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When there's looting, people get shot,' Donald Trump on his tweet on George Floyd unrest

Donald Trump tweeted “these THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen.

Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”

This comes after the President signed an executive order aimed at twitter after the social media site labelled to tweet as ‘glorifying violence’

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Trump reveals he’s spoken to George Floyd’s grieving family and says ‘sad’ arrest footage is ‘an insult to policemen’
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Joe Biden accuses Trump of ‘calling for violence against Americans’ with tweet ‘when looting starts, shooting starts’
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