Police fire pepper spray at anti-Trump protesters | BreakingNews.ie
23/08/2017 - 06:30:57Back to Donald Trump World Home
A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests at Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds.
Police said rocks and bottles were thrown at them.
"You know where my heart is," Mr Trump told the crowd of thousands into the Phoenix hall. "I'm only doing this to show you how damned dishonest these people (the media) are."
"They don't want to report that I spoke out forecefully against bigotry, hatred and violence."
President Trump also claimed his hard line against North Korea has had a positive impact:
"I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us. And maybe, probably not, but maybe something positive can come about," he said.
Earlier, North Korea condemned Mr Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time.
Well after his appearance had ended, Mr Trump sent a tweet saying: "Not only does the media give a platform to hate groups, but the media turns a blind eye to the gang violence on our streets."
He said he had aimed to avoid "controversy" by not immediately pardoning former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is awaiting sentencing in Arizona after his conviction in federal court for disobeying court orders to put a stop to his immigration patrols, but the president left little doubt he wanted to do it.
Police fire pepper spray at anti-Trump protesters | BreakingNews.ie
23/08/2017 - 06:30:57Back to Donald Trump World Home
A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests at Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds.
Police said rocks and bottles were thrown at them.
"You know where my heart is," Mr Trump told the crowd of thousands into the Phoenix hall. "I'm only doing this to show you how damned dishonest these people (the media) are."
"They don't want to report that I spoke out forecefully against bigotry, hatred and violence."
President Trump also claimed his hard line against North Korea has had a positive impact:
"I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us. And maybe
, probably not, but maybe something positive can come about," he said.
Earlier, North Korea condemned Mr Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time.
Well after his appearance had ended, Mr Trump sent a tweet saying: "Not only does the media give a platform to hate groups, but the media turns a blind eye to the gang violence on our streets."
He said he had aimed to avoid "controversy" by not immediately pardoning former sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is awaiting sentencing in Arizona after his conviction in federal court for disobeying court orders to put a stop to his immigration patrols, but the president left little doubt he wanted to do it.