“Sleepy Joe has been in politics for 40 years and has done nothing. Now he pretends to know the answers. He doesn’t even know the questions. Weakness will never defeat anarchists, looters and criminals, and Joe has been politically weak all his life, ”he wrote on Twitter.

Sleepy Joe has been in politics for 40 years, and did nothing. Now he pretends to have the answers. He doesn't even know the questions. Weakness will never beat anarchists, looters or thugs, and Joe has been politically weak all of his life. LAW & ORDER!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2020

Earlier, Biden called the protests in several states of the country the correct and necessary response to the lack of justice, while the politician condemned the violence by rioters.

Protests in a number of US states began after May 25, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Minneapolis resident detained by police officers, died in a hospital.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced an extension of curfew in the city until the end of the week amid ongoing unrest following the death of Floyd.