DOMINATE THE BATTLESPACE!

Trump tells Fox News radio he didn’t retreat into WH bunker for protection from potential intruders, but instead to examine the place.

“it was much more for the inspection,” Trump said

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 3, 2020

As protests against police violence spread across the U.S., demonstrators in at least 6 cities focused their anger on Confederate monuments.

In response, statues in at least 2 cities this week have been removed.https://t.co/2Dwaj3bsLD

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 3, 2020

Press sec compared church visit by POTUS to moments by both Jimmy Carter and HWBush in their presidencies, in addition to W throwing out first pitch after 9/11.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 3, 2020

Okay, that's my excuse:

Folks... https://t.co/4l5eaqSX7c

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 3, 2020

And pertinent to the idea Trump was EVER going to expand military forces to every major city in the country (because they've all seen marches and some measure of violence):

McEnany says something WH officials have said privately - that the perimeter around the WH was supposed to have been expanded earlier in the day, and wasn't.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 3, 2020

Yup; they can't even manage the streets around the White House without 4 days of effort.

And the compare/contrast here is just too delicious:

"The president has the sole authority to invoke the Insurrection Act," @PressSec Kayleigh McEnany says, hours after Esper irked Trump by publicly saying he opposes doing so. "It is definitely a tool within his power."

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 3, 2020

The Trump campaign responds to Snapchat news:

“Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.”

Full statement below from campaign manager Brad Parscale: pic.twitter.com/I6mcNEbSOp

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) June 3, 2020

And guess who has the sole authority to decide what's posted on Snapchat?  Three guesses, first two don't count.

Folks. The blocks around 1600 Penn Ave are the most monitored in the world. On top of that, a thousand iPhones are rolling. Don’t you think if rioters were throwing bricks—if the crowd was violent—we’d see footage?

That’s why, instead, we’ve got a semantic debate over “tear gas”

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) June 3, 2020

Yup.