Trump arrives in Kenosha today 01/09/2020 to praise police after wave of violence, says 'We’re going to get it straightened out'

President Donald Trump arrived in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to survey damage from a week of violent protests  over the police shooting of an unarmed Black man – a trip some officials say may further stoke demonstrations.

Trump told reporters he was traveling to Wisconsin to meet members of law enforcement and the National Guard who "put out the flame immediately." 

“It’s just been a great state — great people and we’re going to get it straightened out,” Trump told reporters after deplaning Air Force One in Waukegan, Illinois, before traveling to nearby Kenosha. 

“Violence has stopped since the time the National Guard came — literally when they set their foot on this location it stopped,” Trump said. National Guard troops were in Kenosha starting last Monday, the day before Tuesday's deadly shooting of two protesters.

The president toured the damage caused by the civil unrest that erupted following the  shooting of Jacob Blake – a Black Kenosha man who was shot by a white police officer. Trump, joined by Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf,will also visit an emergency operations center and participate in a roundtable on safety.

Trump's visit comes as the family of Blake, faith leaders from 50 organizations, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, are scheduled to hold their own event at the site where Blake was shot seven times in the back by a city police officer on Aug. 23. The 29-year-old father was paralyzed from the shooting and remains at a hospital. 

The president told reporters he is not meeting with the family because they requested their lawyers be involved, which Trump said was "inappropriate." Local residents opposed to Trump plan to gather at the county courthouse in Kenosha to protest the president's visit.

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