Americans horrified after official White House Twitter account repeats Trump's threat to kill looters
Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House (Fox Business/screen grab)

President Donald Trump on Thursday night threatened to start shooting people who are looting stores in Minneapolis, which got Twitter to hide the tweet on the grounds that it broke the company's policy against glorifying violence.


In order to promote the president's message, the official White House Twitter account reposted it on Friday morning.

"These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen... when the looting starts, the shooting starts," the White House's Twitter account said.

The fact that the president used the official White House account to call for killing looters drew a horrified reaction from many Americans -- check out some reactions below.