An appalling, inhumane statement by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, at nearly 1am.

[Also, the Minnesota National Guard already announced it activated 500 soldiers, so, he’s uninformed in addition to everything else.]

The fact that Donald Trump still lacks basic understanding of how government works — does he know that the city and the county both exist, neither controls the other, and they both have different jobs? — alone makes him a national danger at moments like this.

Twitter hides one of the two Trump tweets from tonight for “glorifying violence.”

The move prevents replying to or liking the “looting ... shooting” tweet, engagement numbers are gone, and people can only quote RT it now.

And here’s the genesis of the “looting ... shooting” phrase that just got a tweet of the US president, Donald Trump, hidden from public view: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1266254905091604482?s=21 https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1266254905091604482