President Donald Trump was hiding in a bunker on 31 May 2020 as protests about George Floyd's death intensified outside the White House.

There is insufficient evidence to verify if Trump was rushed into the White House bunker for his safety because of the protests.

There is insufficient evidence to verify if Trump was rushed into the White House bunker for his safety because of the protests.A media report, quoting an unidentified source having direct knowledge of the secret service bodyguards, stated that they took President Donald Trump into the bunker for safety while crowds of people outside Lafayette Square protested police brutality.

Trump has denied that he went to the underground bunker at the White House the previous week to inspect it and not because of security concerns over the protests.

However, there is no credible evidence to verify either of them.

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