ESCALATE TO DE-ESCALATE: The way the day would end was foreshadowed by the way the day began, with President Trump chastising state governors for being too timid in their use of force against violent demonstrators and too hesitant to avail themselves of the National Guard to meet the protesters with overwhelming force.
“We have all the men and women that you need, but people aren’t calling them up,” Trump said on a White House conference call that was supposed to be private but was leaked within minutes. “You have to dominate. If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you. You’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.”
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