As protests multiply in the United States to protest the death of George Floyd, Donald Trump has chosen to adopt a very firm and even martial posture. "It looks like Trump and those around him want to set fire to a powder keg," said Leah Pisar, former adviser to President Bill Clinton.

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The United States has been shaken by demonstrations, sometimes interspersed with riots, since the death of George Floyd, this African-American killed by the police a week ago. Faced with this inflammatory context, Donald Trump chose to adopt, faithful to his political line, a very firm, even martial, posture. "What is new is a concern that I have never seen. It feels like Trump and those around him want to set fire to a magazine," said former Leah Pisar Advisor to Democratic President Bill Clinton (1993-2001).

"We are in the wake of the coronavirus which disproportionately affects the black community, which Trump has done nothing to help. Unemployment and precariousness are exploding, and now this situation. Put over a president who does not seek to calm and to unite the Nation but to foment discord, and we are in a new and terrifying situation, "added the doctor of political science.