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Sun May 31, 2020, 08:51 PM May 2020

Trump briefly taken to underground bunker during Friday's White House protests [View all]

Source: cnn

(CNN)As protesters gathered outside the White House Friday night in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump was briefly taken to the underground bunker for a period of time, according to a White House official and a law enforcement source.

The President was there for a little under an hour before being brought upstairs. It's unclear if first lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump were also taken down with him.
Trump has repeatedly praised the Secret Service for its handling of the protests outside the White House Friday night in the wake of George Floyd's death last week in Minneapolis.
The New York Times first reported Trump was taken to the presidential bunker.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-underground-bunker-white-house-protests/index.html

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fucking drama queen... dhill926 May 2020 #1
Yes! DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #41
All alone binge-watching Stormy Daniels videos, most likely. TheCowsCameHome May 2020 #2
Perhaps that's where his handlers keep the "vicious dogs" democrank May 2020 #3
and the "ominous weapons" DesertRat May 2020 #28
Does McDonald's deliver? Scarsdale Jun 2020 #47
He'll send a lackey out for hamburders DesertRat Jun 2020 #53
That was Chris Christie's Scarsdale Jun 2020 #55
I'm surprised he could make it back up the stairs Dopers_Greed May 2020 #4
Well, the article says "being brought upstairs"... Grokenstein May 2020 #30
... milestogo May 2020 #37
I wonder if he has a Scarsdale Jun 2020 #48
Wtf... EarlG May 2020 #5
That's our dear leader alright sandensea May 2020 #17
Or.... He might have trampled them escaping to the bunker Nevilledog Jun 2020 #40
When asked if Maleria and Scarsdale Jun 2020 #49
*snort* Nevilledog Jun 2020 #63
Double huge LOL DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #42
This ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2020 #43
Such a He-Man! NCDem47 May 2020 #6
The yellow-bellied orange oaf sandensea May 2020 #15
Well what do you expect from Admiral Bonespurs? cstanleytech May 2020 #32
Sorry, it's "Cadet", not Admiral. He's too stupid for promotion..... AZ8theist Jun 2020 #59
Ahh but its self promotion which we all know he loves so much. cstanleytech Jun 2020 #64
You mean like this: AZ8theist Jun 2020 #68
I don't buy it. This is a political ploy to try to garner sympathy. chowder66 May 2020 #7
The Fhrerbunker: George II May 2020 #8
Who's the idiot who let him out of the bunker? Orrex May 2020 #9
Giggle Stallion May 2020 #16
Okay, that earned a belly laugh! Bayard Jun 2020 #58
My wife suggested that they close the hatch and push a dresser over it. Orrex Jun 2020 #66
I've long been saying that the bunker scene is nigh. Harker May 2020 #10
One Ingersollman Jun 2020 #51
Yes. Harker Jun 2020 #52
Yeah his hero also hid out in a bunker... 47of74 May 2020 #11
You beat me to it while I was searching for a meme! Hiawatha Pete May 2020 #18
Just like his hero Hiawatha Pete May 2020 #12
I'm working #BunkerBitch into my rotation 47of74 May 2020 #21
ROFL! Hiawatha Pete May 2020 #22
lol DesertRat May 2020 #29
to brush up on whining bucolic_frolic May 2020 #13
'Ivanka, call the preacher! It's time!' GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #65
I finally see the need to build a wall tclambert May 2020 #14
Why couldn't they have just left him down there leftieNanner May 2020 #19
Should have left him down there, the wuss. Ligyron May 2020 #20
Couldn't get him to swallow the black capsule? SeattleVet May 2020 #23
Hope they've got a couple of pallets of Depends down there. LudwigPastorius May 2020 #24
No mention of Melania and Barron DesertRat May 2020 #25
I don't believe it... EarthFirst May 2020 #26
This was his "MAGA night at the White House!" Doodley May 2020 #27
too bad they can't leave him there Skittles May 2020 #31
Whereas Joe Biden was where exactly? mwooldri May 2020 #33
"taken to underground bunker" Lord Ludd May 2020 #34
Snowflake ❄️ Drum May 2020 #35
+1 llmart May 2020 #36
The Fuehrer bunker? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #38
I hope he was shitting in his pants. Mickju Jun 2020 #39
Much of this thread is BlueMTexpat Jun 2020 #44
Tonight, once again, Trump asked himself "WWHD?" -- What Would Hitler Do? So he's in a bunker. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #45
Holed up like the rabid animal that he is. He's no president. He's a coward. onetexan Jun 2020 #46
Too bad he didn't take Eva...er BillyBobBrilliant Jun 2020 #50
Where is Eva, err Melania, and their child? DesertRat Jun 2020 #54
Trumps family also went into the bunker. marie999 Jun 2020 #56
"This pampered pansy of a man" Paladin Jun 2020 #57
Hmmm...... Bayard Jun 2020 #60
C.O.W.A.R.D. ut oh Jun 2020 #61
America has no leader.... Blue_Tires Jun 2020 #62
Was Eva Braun there with him? yellowcanine Jun 2020 #67
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