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- Despite a pandemic, economic turbulence, and protests across the country, President Donald Trump has yet to give a recent Oval Office address to the nation.
- Trump's aides downplayed the effectiveness of a potential Oval Office address.
- During the Los Angeles riots in 1992, President George H.W. Bush delivered one of these speeches.
- One of Bush's speechwriters told Insider that Trump's remarks about the protests were "very overdue" and that "we've come to associate the Oval Office with moments of drama and of tragedy."
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In an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on May 1, 1992, President George H.W. Bush outlined his administration's plan to quell the Los Angeles riots in California.
The riots, prompted by the acquittal of three of the four police officers involved in the Rodney King beating from a year prior, were attributed to over 60 deaths in the county and over $1 billion in property damage.
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- In a new post, former President Barack Obama says 'the choice isn't between protest and politics. We have to do both'
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