The fact that the police are cracking down on Gaza demonstrations in the United States is “beautiful to see”, says ex-president Donald Trump.
– Crush the radicals, he says at campaign meetings, according to American media.
In campaign speeches in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday local time, he called the protesters “wild lunatics”. According to The New York Times Trump suggests, completely without evidence, that the protests are organized by liberal groups in an attempt to take the spotlight off the immigration issue.
– To all the leaders of the higher education institutions I say: clear away the tents immediately, he tells supporters in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
– Crush the radicals and give the university campuses back to all ordinary students.
The campaign appearances were Trump’s first since the so-called hush trial against him began in New York recently. He is required to be there four days a week, accused of having paid out unauthorized “hush money” in the 2016 election campaign.
However, Wednesdays are free of hearings in the court in New York, so then Trump has time to campaign as a candidate in this year’s presidential election.