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> when the looting starts, the shooting starts.

What part of this isn't?

I think it's the bit about "looting starts, the shooting starts."

Really? "When the looting starts, the shooting starts"... in reference to THUGS (which we all know what he means by that euphemism). Can't tell if you're joking, but either way it's in poor taste.

Well, looting had already started hours before he'd posted this.

That being said - the President of the United States, just stated on one of the largest social media platforms used in the U.S., that citizens of the U.S. are now to be shot. From his words, immediately. It could even be viewed as "they should've already been shot at"

If you don't understand how this is glorifying violence, I don't think you can be made to.

I'm reading the tweet more like 'I will authorize the use of deadly force by the military against the looters'. Although I could see several interpretations

But I think the real thing people aren't able to come to grips with is how Trump uses the media in such a style that gives him all plausible deniability, builds outrage AND builds support. All at once.