PoliticsAmerica, champion of democracy, reels in pain
Trump vows to deploy military to halt rioting and looting
U.S. President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office at the White House on June 1 to deliver a statement in the Rose Garden on the ongoing protests. © Reuters
MIKIO SUGENO, Nikkei Washington bureau chief
June 2, 2020 03:01 JST
Updated on June 2, 2020 08:48 JST
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would deploy the military if cities and states do not stop the rioting and looting that has spread across America as protests over the death of an African American man in Minnesota escalate.