Trump Praises Secret Service Following Protests That Caused Lockdown at White House

Demonstrators hold a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Lafayette Square Park near the White House in Washington on May 29, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

President Donald Trump praised the response of the U.S. Secret Service following protests outside the White House overnight.

“Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. Secret Service,” he wrote in a Twitter post on Saturday morning. “They were not only totally professional, but very cool.”