Protests in the USA: Trump conflicts with the military and loses the "Teflon" rating

Protests in the United States continue, and President Donald Trump has another large image defeat: saying that regular troops should be attracted to suppress them, he did not receive the army’s support. Its “Teflon Brother” breaks up under a triple blow of the economic crisis, coronavirus and riots.

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The central political plot of the last day was Trump's conflict with the Minister of Defense Mark Esper. The day before, Esper said that he would not support the participation of the regular army in the acceleration of the protesters, then he was supported by the predecessor, who was dismissed by Trump Jim Mattis.

Mattis refused Trump in moral law to be considered the guarantor of the Constitution: "Donald Trump is the only president in my memory who is not trying to unite the American nation and does not even pretend to do this." The president did not remain in debt, calling Mattis "the most revalued general" and the "frantic dog."

Trump, it seems, does not really understand what to do with the opposition of the military: after the Esper statement, they had an unpleasant conversation in the oval office, then Trump consulted whether the head of the Pentagon was worth firing, and at the next briefing the representative of the White House left the questions and only said that Esper was still working.

Trump’s rival in the presidential election Joe Biden continues to increase the gap in polls: according to the latter , he leads with a score of 52% versus 41%.

This is not a winning by Biden, but Trump's loss, Reuters notes . The way Trump behaves in situations with protests is not like 55% of Americans, I like only a third, which is less than the total rating of the president’s approval - 39%. But this rating also begins to resolve, especially among wealthy and educated Americans.

Briefly

• The 46-year-old African American George Floyd, whose death at the hands of the policeman was the trigger of the crisis, was infected with coronavirus. The virus was not included in the list of factors that could contribute to his death: it was probably an asymptomatic. In addition to hypertension and atherosclerosis, he found blood disease - a sickle cell mutation, and in the blood itself - traces of fentanyl, amphetamines and cannabioids.

• Floyd's funeral will take place in Houston on June 9.

• The accusation of the ex-policeman Derek Shovin, stepping on the throat of Floyd, is supplemented by a murder of a second degree. The accusations of aiding and inciting to murder were brought by three more detention participants. Most likely, the process will go on a simpler line of unintentional murder to charge, but in this case the policeman in accordance with the practice of the state of Minnesota threatens from 22 to 30 years in prison.

• The Apple smartphones stolen during pogroms are blocked . When trying to turn on such a device on the screen, a warning about responsibility, turning on geolocation, as well as a proposal to return the device is issued.

• In the largest cities of the country, a commandant hour has been introduced, but this does not stop the protesters. Compared to the weekend, the intensity of protests was sleeping-for example, night shots from New York .

• In San Francisco, a ten thousandth peaceful demonstration ignored mobile warnings about the beginning of the commandant’s hour with a silent police consent. This morning, the commandant hour in the city and district was removed.

• The number of people arrested for violations of the commandant around the country is estimated at 10 thousand people.