President Trump to order Long-term Jail sentences for Washington Protesters

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US President Donald Trump affirmed long-term jail sentences for demonstrators tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House. He also called them Vandals, Protesters, and Hoodlums. Point to be noted that Trump earlier called himself the Law & Order President. It hailed federal law enforcement officers who arrived on the scene in Lafayette Park of chains tied to the horse-riding Jackson. President said, “We are looking at long-term jail sentences for these vandals and these hoodlums and these anarchists and agitators. Call them whatever you want. Some people don’t like that language, but that’s what they are. They’re bad people. They don’t love our country. And they’re not taking down our monuments. I just want to make that clear”.

Trump floated the notion that he would take actions based on the authorities of the Office of the President to somehow clamp down on the protests. It is noteworthy that demonstrations began after the death of a Black Man, George Floyd while in the custody of white police officers in Minneapolis. President said, “I will have an executive order very shortly. And all it’s really going to do is reinforce what already there but in a more uniform way”. He was referring to demonstrators in Washington, DC, who attached chains to a statute of former US President Andrew Jackson.

His military career was most known for the Trail of Tears, during which more than 60,000 Native Americans were forced from their lands. He was known as a populist and tough-talking commander in chief. President Trump informed reporters and said, “Last night we stopped an attack on a great monument, the monument of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park. And I just want to thank law enforcement. They did a great job. We were working very closely with the White House Secret Service and some of our executives. They did a great job. Numerous people are in jail and going to jail today. People are already there, but we’re looking at long term sentences under the Act”.