当他吹嘘令人惊讶的新的失业数字时，显示尽管如预测的那样变得更糟，失业率在五月份还是有所改善唐纳德·特朗普周五，他说他希望乔治·弗洛伊德“从天上往下看”，并说，‘这对我们的国家来说是一件大事。’"
他说，强劲的经济是改善种族紧张的关键。
2020年6月5日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫玫瑰园举行新闻发布会。
“对他来说这是伟大的一天，对每个人来说都是伟大的一天，”他说。“这是每个人的好日子。就平等而言，这是伟大的一天，”他在玫瑰园新闻发布会上说，指的是在明尼阿波利斯警方拘留期间被杀害的非裔美国人，引发了一周多的全国性抗议。
“这确实是我们的宪法所要求的，也是我们国家的全部，”他说。
特朗普在表示州长应该利用国民警卫队来“统治街道”后发表了上述评论，并转向照本宣科的言论，称“每一个美国人在与执法部门的每一次接触中都受到平等待遇，无论种族、肤色、性别或信仰如何。”
“你必须主宰街道，”特朗普说。“你不能让正在发生的事情发生。这叫做控制街道。你不能让这种事情在纽约发生，他们正在闯入商店。”
国民警卫队的车辆被用来封锁拉斐特公园和白宫附近的第16街，示威者参与了一场反对警察暴行和死亡的和平抗议
紧接着，他呼吁“法律面前人人平等”
特朗普说:“法律面前的平等正义必须意味着每个美国人在与执法部门的每一次接触中都得到平等待遇，无论种族、肤色、性别、信仰如何，他们必须得到执法部门的公平待遇，他们必须得到这种待遇。”。
2020年6月3日，华盛顿白宫附近，示威者聚集在明尼阿波利斯，抗议乔治·弗洛伊德被警方拘留致死。
当他坐下来签署小企业工资保护法案贷款项目的法律修正案时，给了他们更多的时间和灵活性来使用他们的政府贷款，他拒绝回答记者们关于一个更好的经济会如何保护乔治·弗洛伊德以及为什么他没有提出一个计划来应对系统性的种族主义的大声提问。
总统把手指放在嘴唇上，提议嘘记者，美国公共广播公司的亚米切·阿尔辛多，他是非裔美国人。
“我想签署这个法案，”总统说。“顺便说一句，发生在我们国家的事情，以及你现在看到的，正在发生的事情，对于种族关系，对于非洲裔美国人社区，亚裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，对于女性，对于一切都是可能发生的最伟大的事情。”
“你有什么计划?”阿尔辛多问道。
“我们的国家如此强大，这是我的计划，”特朗普说，“我们将拥有世界上最强大的经济。”
当他试图压制更多的问题时，阿尔辛多又试了一次。
“黑人失业率上升了0.1%。亚裔美国人的失业率上升了0.5%。这怎么算是胜利?”她问道。
“你真了不起，”特朗普对她说。
5月份的失业率降至13.3%，尽管许多经济学家预测失业率可能会高达20%。
关于乔治·弗洛伊德在白宫外的抗议，特朗普说，“特勤局令人难以置信。我只能看到我在电视上看到的。”
“从来没有任何形式的类似‘哦，天哪，这听起来很危险’，”他说，可能指的是他否认自己曾一度被迅速转移到白宫地下掩体，多种来源已向美国广播公司证实。
Trump calls improved jobs numbers 'great day' for George Floyd
As he touted surprising new jobless numbers showing unemployment had improved in May despite getting worse as predicted, PresidentDonald Trumpon Friday said he hoped George Floyd was “looking down” from heaven “and saying, ‘This is a great thing happening for our country.’”
He said a strong economy was key to improving racial tensions.
President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on June 5, 2020
“This is a great day for him, this is a great day for everybody,” he said. “This is great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality,” he said at a Rose Garden news conference, referring to the African American man killed in Minneapolis police custody, triggering more than a week of nationwide protests.
"It's really what our Constitution requires, and it's what our country is all about," he said.
Trump made the comment after saying governors should use the National Guard to “dominate the streets” and, turning to scripted remarks, saying that “every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, color, gender, or creed.”
“You have to dominate the streets," Trump said. "You can’t let what’s happening happen. It’s called dominate the streets. You can’t let that happen in New York, where they’re breaking into stores.”
National Guard vehicles are used to block 16th Street near Lafayette Park and the White House as Demonstrators participate in a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death...more
"Equal justice under the law must mean that every American receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, color, gender, creed, they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement, they have to receive it," Trump said.
Demonstrators use the light of their cellphones as they gather during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington, June 3, 2020.
As he sat down to sign into law revisions to the Paycheck Protection Act lending program for small businesses, giving them more time and flexibility in spending their government loans, he refused to answer shouted questions from reporters about how a better economy would have protected George Floyd and why he hadn't put out a plan to deal with systemic racism.
The president put his finger to his lips, in a motion to shush the reporter, Yamiche Alcindor of PBS, who is African American.
“I’d like to sign this bill,” the president said. "By the way, what's happened to our country and what you now see, it’s been happening, is the greatest thing that can happen for race relations, for the African American community, the Asian American, the Hispanic American, for women, for everything."
“What’s your plan?” Alcindor asked.
“Our country is so strong, and that’s my plan,” Trump said, “We’re going to have the strongest economy in the world.”
As he sought to silence further questions, Alcindor tried again.
“Black unemployment went up by .1%. Asian American unemployment went up .5%. How is that a victory?” she asked.
“You are something,” Trump said to her.
The unemployment rate in May dropped to 13.3% even though many economists had predicted it could rise to as high as 20%.
Regarding George Floyd protests outside the White House, Trump said, "The Secret Service was incredible. All I could see was what I saw on television."
"There was never any form of like, 'Oh gee, this sounds dangerous,'" he said, possibly referring to his denial that he had been whisked to an underground White House bunker at one point, as multiple sources have confirmed to ABC News.
