Amidst nationwide protests against police brutality, some demonstrators in Seattle have set up what they’re calling an “autonomous zone,” where there are no police and instead, members of the community itself orchestrate what’s going on. The scene has been peaceful as activists have demanded that policing resources get used for community support instead of state-sponsored police harassment of disadvantaged people. President Donald Trump has responded to the peaceful stand-off by rushing to Twitter to act as though the “autonomous zone” heralds some kind of apocalypse. In an unhinged meltdown on Twitter this Thursday afternoon, he ranted about the “ugly Anarchists” who “just took over Seattle” and seemingly threatened to send in troops.
The “autonomous zone” doesn’t even encompass anywhere near the entire city. It’s just a protest within the Capitol Hill neighborhood, at least as of a recent report about the situation. Nevertheless, Trump has turned his long-established frenzied paranoia against the protesters in Seattle, who seem to be insulting his egomaniacal vision of brutally militarized American “greatness” that is secured through brute force.
Donald Trump, the most cosmopolitan president we’ve probably ever elected—a man who grew up in Queens, NY and lived in Manhattan—has become one of the last federal officials expressing unapologetic reverence for confederate generals.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 11, 2020
He tweeted:
‘Anarchists just took over Seattle and the Liberal Democrat Governor just said he knows “nothing about that”. Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!’
Anarchists just took over Seattle and the Liberal Democrat Governor just said he knows “nothing about that”.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
Trump sounds like he’s living in an imaginary world in which he’s leading some kind of vanguard of true patriotic Americans against an onslaught of evil Anarchist forces. He sounds ridiculously self-deluded and entirely disconnected from the actual reality of the situation — which, again, is peaceful, rather than some kind of hostile “takeover” like Trump insists.
Things President Trump is against:
– changing Confederate names of U.S. Army bases
– removing Confederate statues and monuments
– athletes silently protesting police brutality and racial injustice
– putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) June 10, 2020
He also complained about a push in Congress to rename military bases that currently feature names of Confederate generals. Why is Trump so dedicated to securing the legacy of the murderous racists of the Confederacy?
He tweeted, using a racist slur against Elizabeth Warren (again):
‘Seriously failed presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, just introduced an Amendment on the renaming of many of our legendary Military Bases from which we trained to WIN two World Wars. Hopefully our great Republican Senators won’t fall for this!’
Seriously failed presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, just introduced an Amendment on the renaming of many of our legendary Military Bases from which we trained to WIN two World Wars. Hopefully our great Republican Senators won’t fall for this!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response to his meltdowns below:
Hey COWARD TRUMP…You are a LIAR and a RACIST the whole world knows…you and the mob family will never be welcomed back in to polite society again, you will all be ostracized and reviled. Good luck at living in the USA, russia may be more welcoming …but don't bet on it!! https://t.co/dwSjINQtvc
— LynneMarie Olson (@Lmo66Olson) June 11, 2020
This raging about Seattle actually makes Trump look weak and deeply pathetic, for a variety of reasons laid out here: https://t.co/9EEOXeLfLQ https://t.co/UpwIo2j3tD
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 11, 2020
Top post from Seattle's biggest online community today, showing the wreckage and unadulterated chaos in the newly created anarchist state. https://t.co/0yIAO7dHOW pic.twitter.com/el3bDPnq2d
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 11, 2020
This has to be one of the stupidest fear-mongering pitches Twump has pulled out of his ass yet. https://t.co/e2fB9bcQzb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 11, 2020
The anarchists took over the White House 3 1/2 yrs ago over in Washington DC and the Country knows "Russia helped". https://t.co/1KRQJkBL8q
— Lisa Moraitis🇬🇷🇺🇸 (@LisaMoraitis1) June 11, 2020
I've seen this show before. You react to violence in Amerikkka with a thoughts & prayers tweet then you go play golf #notscared https://t.co/8RO6SJZNR4
— zach (@zgward) June 11, 2020
Yeah, I guess we have to act immediately to stop these people peacefully listening to speakers and music.
Too much racial cooperation going on, eh #Trump.#WorstPresidentInHistory #MAGA #Biden2020Landslide https://t.co/C5km6TxFE3 pic.twitter.com/bgc4GXOlSM
— James C.@Steampunkflyer (@JamesCa26142002) June 11, 2020
Raise your hand if you'd feel safer in the #CapitalHillAutonomousZone than in Donald Trump's America. https://t.co/LZAha1uSmJ
— Robin 🌹 Leigh (@robinskyleigh) June 11, 2020
Why does the President hate peaceful protests so much? https://t.co/WbB4fh1sdD
— Covfefe Emergy Hamberder : The Prince of Whales (@GrwnAssKid2) June 11, 2020
This would almost be funny it's so pathetic, except the President of the United States is threatening to order the U.S. military to gun down unarmed civilians in the middle of a city https://t.co/iuPLuacK1L
— David Burbach (@dburbach) June 11, 2020
