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As protests continue in Keosha, Wisconsin, Trump on Wednesday said that he \"will be sending federal law enforcement and the National Guard to Kenosha, WI to restore LAW and ORDER!\" though it was unclear if federal assistance had been welcomed by the governor.

The president's tweets Wednesday are just the latest in a series of strongly-worded declarations by the president calling for federal forces to be sent to American cities grappling with protests and incidences of civil unrest amid national outrage over racial profiling and use of force by police.

...TODAY, I will be sending federal law enforcement and the National Guard to Kenosha, WI to restore LAW and ORDER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2020

Trump has still not directly commented on the shooting, but Blake's mother Julia Jackson told CNN Thursday she missed a call from the president before a White House official confirmed to ABC News efforts have been made to connect the president with Blake's family.

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PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks as delegates gather during the first day of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte.
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\"And then also for President Trump, I'm sorry I missed your call, because had I not missed your call, maybe the comments that you made would have been different. And I'm not made at you at all. I have utmost respect for you as the leader of our country,\" she said.

But Trump's silence in public on Blake's shooting is in stark contrast to his political opponent Joe Biden, who released a video Wednesday, saying \"What I saw on that video makes me sick. Once again, a Black man, Jacob Blake, has been shot by the police in broad daylight with the whole world watching.\"

The president, meanwhile, has made a number of inflammatory comments throughout the protests for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd's death, including threatening White House protesters with \"vicious dogs\" and \"ominous weapons\" as well as using the phrase with racist roots: \"When the looting starts, the shooting starts.\"

Even as he threatened protesters, Trump in May called Floyd's death \"shocking\" and \"a terrible thing\" and said he did not know the history behind the \"shooting\" phrase he tweeted, reportedly first used in 1967 by Miami's police chief in response to violent crime.

On Thursday evening, Trump will address the civil unrest in Kenosha when he accepts the Republican nomination for president with remarks from the White House, according to Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh, and is expected to continue his \"law and order\" message.

\"I'm not going to get into very much in the way of specifics about what the president will talk about as far as specific topics, but the president will address the unrest in this country. He will make reference to Kenosha, and he will speak about the issue,\" Murtaugh told ABC News.

Trump has frequently criticized NBA players himself.

Earlier this month, he called NBA players kneeling during the national anthem \"disgraceful\" in a call to \"Fox and Friends.\"

\"The ratings for the basketball are way down, as you know. I hear some others are way down, including baseball. We have to stand up for our flag, stand up for our country. A lot of people agree with me. If I'm wrong, I'm going to lose an election,\" he said.

ABC News' Elizabeth Thomas, Will Steakin and Rachel Scott contributed to this report.

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