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'Go Back To Your Bunker,' Seattle Mayor Tells Trump In Spat Over Protests

President Trump sharply criticizes officials' response in Seattle: "Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will."

President Trump sharply criticized Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee for their handling of large anti-racism protests, saying via Twitter, "Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will."

Both Durkan and Inslee "are being taunted and played," Trump said. The president commented Wednesday after protesters established an "autonomous zone" on a Seattle street where they had clashed earlier with

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