When the video was broadcast on cable-news channels, Trump told his aides that what had happened was horrible. He appeared genuinely outraged, and told Barr to do everything he could to bring justice in the case. As was often the case with Trump, he found sympathy for individuals, such as Floyd, whom he otherwise categorized by general and often unflattering stereotypes. But that would have no bearing on how he saw the protesters loosely affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement who gathered in Minneapolis, and eventually cities nationwide.
