“President Trump said on Tuesday that protesters who assembled during a military parade he planned in Washington on Saturday for the Army’s 250th birthday would be met with ‘very big force’ — a dark warning that made no distinction between peaceful demonstrations and violent confrontations,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force. And I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, this is people that hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.”