President Trump signed an executive order encouraging modest police reform efforts by state and local governments, while also offering more “law and order” rhetoric
Trump with his boys.
The order Trump signed was intended to serve as a prelude to more significant police reform initiatives by Congress, though action on that front is being stalled by unnamed “senior Republicans” in the Senate, to the reported displeasure of chief Republican advocate Tim Scott. Democrats have their own bicameral plan drafted by the Congressional Black Caucus, and it’s unclear whether a bipartisan bill Trump will sign is in the works.
Trump added the same sort of overstatement to the central message he did appear determined to deliver:
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