Trump fumes as protesters stake out festive zone in Seattle
TED WARREN and ALI SWENSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Following days of violent confrontations with protesters, police in Seattle have largely withdrawn from part of a neighborhood where protesters have created a festival-like scene that has President Donald Trump fuming.
Trump taunted Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan about the situation on Twitter and said the city had been taken over by "anarchists." "Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will," Trump tweeted.
The president continued his complaints in a Thursday interview with the Fox News Channel. "If we have to go in, we're going to go in," Trump said. "These people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city."
The "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" stretches over a couple city blocks and sprung up a