BLM Mural Plan For Trump Tower Block Leaves President Fuming

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — President Donald Trump is not happy with New York City's plan to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on the Fifth Avenue block of his namesake skyscraper Trump Tower.

Trump took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon to rip into Mayor Bill de Blasio for urging the city to target the Fifth Avenue block of Trump Tower for a mural. The site is one of seven New York City streets that will be decorated with a large yellow mural reading "Black Lives Matter."

"Told that [Mayor] Bill de Blasio wants to paint the fabled & beautiful Fifth Avenue, right in front of Trump Tower/Tiffany, with a big yellow Black Lives Matter sign. 'Pigs in a Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon,' referring to killing Police, is their chant. NYC Police are furious!" Trump wrote in the tweet.

De Blasio announced plans this month to install at least five Black Lives Matter murals — one in each borough — following Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser's decision to install a similar mural in front of the White House. The mayor reportedly personally pushed for Trump Tower's block of Fifth Avenue as a mural location.

Manhattan will also get a mural near Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, which has been a popular meeting spot for protests. The first of New York City's Black Lives Matter murals was painted in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

Daily protests against police brutality and white supremacy have taken over the streets of New York City since the killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes on Memorial Day. This week, protesters calling for at least $1 billion in cuts to the NYPD began occupying City Hall Park.