Despite sending out some inflammatory tweets Saturday morning,
President Trump maintains he is "not at all" concerned his words might stoke racially-motivated violence in the wake of
protests over George Floyd's death while in
police custody earlier this week, claiming that his supporters "love African Americans."
Trump took to
Social Media Saturday to praise the Secret Service for protecting the
White House when
protesters gathered outside on
Pennsylvania Ave. in
Washington, D.C., adding that "the most vicious dogs" were waiting if anyone had been able to breach the gate, and observers were quick to point out the history of law enforcement using dogs to curtail civil rights protests in the past.But Trump, who appeared to hint that his supporters should head to the White House as part of a counter-demonstration, says his words were directed at "professionally managed" protesters — he later singled out Antifa — not at those gathering in response to Floyd's death.