Trump walks back his incendiary Minneapolis ‘thugs’ post – Twin Cities
Trump walks back his incendiary Minneapolis ‘thugs’ post – Twin Cities: President Donald Trump spent Friday walking back his post-midnight “thugs” tweet about Minneapolis protesters that added to outrage over the police killing of a black man. Trump’s later repeated condemnation of the killing and outreach to the man’s family was a marked change in tone from his earlier comments that also invoked a civil-rights-era phrase fraught with racist overtones. “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump had written…