American people from all walks of life have taken to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed by a white police officer who knelt on his neck for over 9 minutes, ignoring his pleas of "I can't breathe." Donald Trump, who is hoping to be re-elected in the upcoming presidential election, announced during a trip to Texas that his administration will leave no stone unturned to minimize inequalities and put a lid on police brutality.

Trump's comments come amid nation-wide protests over George Floyd and Breonna Taylor's death and activists' demands to overhaul law enforcement agencies citing the national unrest. Keeping in line with that, the president assured he will increase economic opportunities in minority communities, devote efforts to reduce the healthcare discrimination faced by the black community, urge Congress to enact school choice, and lobby it to sign an executive order that mandates the police departments to follow the latest standards in terms of using force, Fox News reported.

Trump also clarified that he will not support defunding the police departments, adding that they plan to go the opposite route, on the contrary. During his remarks at a roundtable on police reform held in Dallas, the president said the United States will have a stronger police force. Police departments came under fire from the public following the death of Floyd and Taylor, an EMT in Louisville, triggering nationwide demonstrations and calls among activists to cut funding to police departments.

Defund The Police movement is the most basic level of effort from Black Lives Matter and similar groups that claim it doesn't necessarily focus on eliminating the police departments or stripping agencies of their money. These groups say it is high time America addresses long-standing systemic problems in policing in the country and spend more on housing, education, and other essential needs of the communities across the nation.

State and local governments shelled out a whopping $115 billion on policing three years ago, according to the Urban Institute data. In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza noted that the country should reorganize its priorities to ensure people do not take to the streets amid a global pandemic.

While some Americans will be relieved by Trump's pledge to increase funding to healthcare and investment in the minority communities, he refuses to back out from his controversy plagued comments that suggest the police should dominate the streets and his self proclaimed image of a law and order president.