President Donald J. Trump was leaving a roundtable discussion on illegal aliens and the criminal “animals” of MS-13 in Bethpage, New York, after meeting with families who lost relatives at the hands of that violent Mexican gang. (RELATED: White House Doubles Down, Attacks ‘Violent Animals’ in MS-13).
Afterward, Trump headed back to Marine One to make his exit back to Washington, D.C. That’s when he noticed law enforcement officers who wanted to meet him!
Watch the powerful moment shared below by White House Director of Social Media and Assistant to the President Dan Scavino (below) As you can see, Trump immediately bolted away from the group to meet the police officers from the New York State Police and the Nassau County Police Department. Could you imagine Barack Obama treating officers this well:
https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/999411393253335040
In late 2017, Trump made it clear that he stands with police officers and “backs the blue.” He said “we have their backs… unlike the old days (the Obama administration).
President Donald Trump told a crowd of police officers Friday not to be “too nice” to suspected gang members and others under arrest.
“When you see thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in; rough. I said, ‘please don’t be too nice,’” Trump said Friday at a Suffolk County, New York event discussing the administration’s efforts to handle a violent gang known as MS-13. “Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put your hand over it. Like, don’t hit their head, and they’ve just killed somebody. I said, you can take the hand away, O.K.?.”
Some in the crowd cheered at Trump’s remarks. But on social media, some observers were quick to accuse the President of encouraging violent behavior among officers at a time when police departments nationwide are under pressure to clamp down on officer-involved incidents.
Twitter immediately applauded the classy move by the President:
Brings a tear to my eye. About time we had someone willing to stand up for these folks.
— Jody H (@IvanTheNuc) May 24, 2018
A real class act! Thank you @realDonaldTrump!
— Joaquin"Jack"Garcia (@JackGarcia66) May 24, 2018
I love this. So wonderful.
— Mo (@MartitaO) May 24, 2018
I love this. So wonderful.
— Mo (@MartitaO) May 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/EchoRadioY/status/999488199104909314
You’re a GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT TRUMP!!! Thank for your tireless efforts & your service to this country!!!
— SteelerMama (@mama_steeler) May 24, 2018
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