On CNN, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says Trump's tweets calling protesters "thugs" and threatening to shoot them are meant to "deescalate." #UpIsDown pic.twitter.com/hy8fyqQDr8 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 31, 2020 Yeah, it makes good sense. In response to protests against excessive violence by authorities against black people, Trump says we need to use MORE […]