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On Thursday, US President Donald Trump warned New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over his plan to put a Black Lives Matter mural across from Trump Tower in Manhattan. He tweeted that the city’s police force is furious. The president was descending into Green Bay, Wisconsin to tape a Fox News campaign town hall event. He fired off 2-tweets regarding ongoing protests over perceived racial inquiry and unfair treatment of black people by police officers. One accused those protesting and calling for changes of being guilty of treason and other federal crimes. De Blasio’s office says the major intends to install the mural on 5^th Avenue between 56^th and 57^th streets. It is designed across from Trump’s building where he lived and worked for years.

President tweeted, “Told that @NYCMayor Bill de Blasio wants to paint the fabled & beautiful Fifth Avenue, right in front of Trump Tower/Tiffany, with a big yellow Black Lives Matter sign”. Trump then appeared to issue a warning to both the mayor and the protesters. He wrote, “Pigs in a Blanket, Fry Em Like Bacon, referring to killing Police, is their chant. NYC Police are furious”! Protesters in some cities have been using that chant. Moreover, the president escalated his feud with those leading the “Black Lives Matter” movement as he accused them of some of the country’s most serious federal crimes. He wrote, “Black Lives Matter leader states, If the U.S. doesn’t give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it. This is Treason, Sedition, and Insurrection”!

President appeared to be reacting to comments made on Thursday by Hawk Newsome, the Black Lives Matter organization chairman, on Fox News. He said, “And I could be speaking figuratively. I could be speaking literally. It’s a matter of interpretation”. Point to be noted that Trump is now trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by double-digits in most national polls. On Wednesday, Biden tweeted, “I’ve been a significant consumer of health care myself, my family. I don’t think people really fully understand that there are 100 million people with pre-existing conditions that if the president wins this case at the Supreme Court against the Affordable Care Act”.