Donald Trump cannot miss the giant yellow letters on the pavement. The slogan "Black Lives Matter" was painted just outside Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday, on the initiative of the city's Democratic mayor, six weeks after the death of George Floyd. A snub to the US president, who called the Black Lives Matter a "symbol of hatred" after a similar operation outside the White House in Washington last month.
It is the prestigious New York avenue which is adorned with the letters of the movement, under the gaze of many photographers and televisions. At the end of the marking, the far left mayor Bill de Blasio came to add a few touches of yellow, with other officials including the Reverend Al Sharpton, figure of the fight for racial justice. On July 1, the mayor had explained that he wanted the Republican president to hear “three words for which he never showed any respect. Whenever he returns to what he calls his city, he is reminded that Black Lives Matter. ”
"A symbol of hate," says Trump
Donald Trump did not immediately react. At the beginning of July, he tweeted that the police should "perhaps" not let affix "this symbol of hatred on the most prestigious New York street". The few police officers present Thursday attended the operation without a word.
.... horrible BLM song, “Pigs In A Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon”. Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won't let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York's greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2020The former New York real estate tycoon lived in a triplex at the top of this skyscraper near Central Park until he left for the White House in January 2017. Since November 2019, he has made his complex hotelier in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, his official residence, abandoning a city largely hostile to his presidency.
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