President Donald Trump was taken to a White House bunker for shelter Friday night when protesters around the White House began to become violent. The information was also confirmed by a White House official, as well as by a law enforcement source.
The atmosphere in the White House was tense on Friday as protesters gathered at the gate, shouted at the president and even threw stones and bottles. At one point, worried about the president's safety, Secret Service agents quickly took the White House chief to an underground bunker that was also used during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It is unclear what alerted him. agencies in charge of guarding the president. On Friday night, violent protesters managed to briefly break into the Treasury Department, whose headquarters are located near the White House.
Donald Trump sat in the bunker for less than an hour, after which he was taken upstairs. In the end, the agents decided that the president was not really in danger.
First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron Trump, also accompanied the president to the bunker, according to the security protocol. The Emergency Operations Center is located underground in the eastern wing of the White House.
What is certain is that the next day, Saturday, the president had on Twitter some threatening messages addressed to the protesters, some finding the language used by Donald Trump really shocking.
On the other hand, scared by the protests, Melania Trump would have decided at the last moment not to come on Saturday night with the president at the Kennedy Space Center to see the launch of the SpaceX mission.
The president did not appear in public on Sunday, preferring to fight on Twitter with his critics, although, he was advised to address the nation in a televised message and told him that the messages transmitted on the social network only pour more gas over the fire.
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Total shock! A British family lives with 81 exotic animals in the house. Children play and sleep with pythons in their rooms. Scott Gavin's family also has tarantulas, meerkats and even an albino skunk.
Scott Gavin, 35, and his wife, Leanne, 34, of the United Kingdom, are passionate about exotic animals. They hold three Burmese pythons, up to 3.6 meters long, free through the house. The reptiles sleep in their children's rooms, David, 13, Robert, 12, Chloe, 11, Ellie-Mai, 8, Megan, one year and nine months, and Emily, 3.
They're not afraid it could hurt them. That's why he lets the children play with snakes at will. From time to time, I also bring tarantulas, meerkats and a crocodile chick into the house. Other animals of the family are guinea pigs, rabbits, ducks, hedgehogs, beetles, lizards and other species of snakes, which are housed in outdoor cages. In total, the Gavin family owns 15 snakes.
All animals are brought to the children's home. The most loved by the little ones is the skunk Rosie. For the maintenance of the animals, the Gavin spouses end up spending 400 pounds per month.
Burmese pythons are some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching 9 meters in length and weighing 90 kilograms. They can swallow a deer too. They are poisonous, but they strangle even man. They have a life expectancy of 25-30 years.
Tarantulas are a family of spiders that includes 900 species, most of which are harmless to humans, with sizes between 2.5 - 10 cm to 8 - 30 cm and life expectancy between 15-25 years.
Meerkats are small mammals native to Africa. They have lengths of 25-35 centimeters, weights of up to 730 grams and a lifespan of 12-14 years.
The skunk is a mammal of about 42 centimeters, 1.9 kilograms, which lives between 5 and 8 years. It is a friendly animal, but it smells bad because of a gland.
