ClydeR
06-26-2020, 01:01 PM
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ignited a new feud with President Trump by ordering the words "Black Lives Matter" to be painted in large yellow letters on the street outside of Trump Tower.
The words are expected to be painted in the coming week on Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, according to the city.
More... (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/nyregion/black-lives-matter-trump-tower-nyc.html)
It's pretty sad that de Blasio is trying to get attention with this stunt. He thinks that Trump will be offended by promoting black lives and that Trump won't have the self-discipline to resist getting into a fight over it.
In a tweet in response, Mr. Trump referenced Mr. de Blasio's plan to paint "the fabled & beautiful Fifth Avenue, right in front of Trump Tower/Tiffany" and sought to play up animosity between the Black Lives Matter movement and the police in New York City.
Mr. Trump falsely said in the tweet that Black Lives Matter protesters in the city had shouted chants encouraging the killing of police officers.
"'Pigs in a Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon', referring to killing Police, is their chant," Mr. Trump said, an apparent reference to a chant at a protest in 2015 in Minnesota.
A scene from that protest had recently appeared in a segment on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News.
"NYC Police are furious!" Mr. Trump added in the tweet.
Importantly for the election, Trump will not be able to win if he sucks up all of the attention each day. He needs to make the election as much about Biden as about Trump, which will require him to control his need for the spotlight. Be smarter. Stop taking the bait.
The words are expected to be painted in the coming week on Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, according to the city.
More... (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/nyregion/black-lives-matter-trump-tower-nyc.html)
It's pretty sad that de Blasio is trying to get attention with this stunt. He thinks that Trump will be offended by promoting black lives and that Trump won't have the self-discipline to resist getting into a fight over it.
In a tweet in response, Mr. Trump referenced Mr. de Blasio's plan to paint "the fabled & beautiful Fifth Avenue, right in front of Trump Tower/Tiffany" and sought to play up animosity between the Black Lives Matter movement and the police in New York City.
Mr. Trump falsely said in the tweet that Black Lives Matter protesters in the city had shouted chants encouraging the killing of police officers.
"'Pigs in a Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon', referring to killing Police, is their chant," Mr. Trump said, an apparent reference to a chant at a protest in 2015 in Minnesota.
A scene from that protest had recently appeared in a segment on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News.
"NYC Police are furious!" Mr. Trump added in the tweet.
Importantly for the election, Trump will not be able to win if he sucks up all of the attention each day. He needs to make the election as much about Biden as about Trump, which will require him to control his need for the spotlight. Be smarter. Stop taking the bait.