When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts!

Trump inflames tensions with Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Twitter flagged and shielded Donald J. Trump and The White House's official profiles for inciting violence in a tweet. This comes fresh after Trump signed an executive order calling for the U.S. government to hold social media companies accountable for content.

Only last Friday, the Trump Presidential Reelection Campaign was trashing Democratic candidate Joe Biden for his remarks from The Breakfast Club.

As President of the United States, his job is to be an orator and comforter of the people.

He said he's a "Bull in a china shop."

Proof positive when he tweet early morning that he believes the protesters who are looting and vandalizing property are thugs and he made a dog whistle remark towards it.

Racist tweet got flagged by Twitter.

Trump took aim at Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz over their handling of the unrest in the state.

It started from a Monday video of a dirty cop placing his knee on the neck of George Floyd. The four cop were fired out the cannon and the U.S. Justice Department and FBI will work with the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension to determine if the cops deserve criminal charges. They hadn't made a decision as of yet. That sparked another night of protests in the city as well as neighboring St. Paul.

I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

Trump's remarks were widely condemned. He was instigating violence force against a handful of protesters.

Twitter called the comments a violation of the its terms of service.

The tweet was quickly flagged by Twitter as "glorifying violence."

It's gone so far as to catch the biggest pop singer in the world.

Taylor Swift was really annoyed with the antics of Trump. She basically took it to him.

After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 29, 2020

The president's language got more aggressive as violence boiled over in Minneapolis Thursday night.

"These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen," he tweeted. "Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!"

Twitter quickly tagged the post, saying, "This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible." It still is.

George Floyd's brother Roy has now taken over as spokesperson for the family.

On Friday morning, the White House Twitter account retweeted it. Twitter added the same tag to that one, too.

Trump's tweet and reaction from Twitter came after he signed an executive order Thursday taking aim at the legal shield that protects social media companies from liability for content posted by users on their platforms. That happened after a first-ever fact check by Twitter on his tweets this week.

The quote Trump tweeted — "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" — was said by former Miami Police Chief Walter Headley during a December 1967 news conference, according to The Washington Post.

Businesses were vandalized, looted and burned to the ground.

Miami had a long history of aggressive policing. The Post said that quote was cited by a national commission as a contributing factor in rioting that broke out in the mostly black Liberty City section of Miami in August 1968.

An accompanying tweet from Trump sharply criticized Frey: "I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right....."

Walz had order the National Guard and Minnesota State Police to restore order to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The community so far is doing a costly clean up after two nights of unrest.

At an overnight news conference, Frey didn't appear to be aware of the Trump tweets. He asked reporters to read them to him. As they did, he shook his head.

Then he said, the anger clearly audible in his voice, "Weakness is refusing to take responsibility for your own actions. Weakness is pointing your finger at somebody else during a time of crisis. Donald Trump knows nothing about the strength of Minneapolis. We are strong as hell. Is this a difficult time period? Yes. But you'd better be damned sure that we're gonna get through this."