President Trump continued his trend of commenting on current affairs on
Twitter this weekend as
protests against
police brutality take place across the country, but he's mostly stayed out of the physical spotlight.The
White House on Sunday declared a lid, which means no one should expect to see or hear from the president for the rest of the day, and ABC News reports there's a growing divide within the
Trump Administration about how Trump should respond to the situation. Some of his advisers, including his son-in-law
Jared Kushner, don't think there's any political benefit to Trump addressing the nation from the Oval Office since the few times he's done so haven't turned out so great, ABC News reports. But others, like White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, believe it's a chance for Trump to show that he's a strong leader and a unifier in a
fashion similar to former President
George H.W. Bush during the 1992 Rodney King riots in
Los Angeles.
One person who doesn't want to hear the president speak is Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Bottoms said Sunday she hopes Trump remains quiet, arguing he'd likely only make a difficult time even worse.