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Article snippet: Violent clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police in the Hong Kong airport prompted an outpouring of support Tuesday from U.S. lawmakers for the demonstrators. MORE for his part expressed hope the escalating clashes can be resolved, but offered no direct warning to China — leading to criticism from some Democrats that he should have more forcefully backed the protesters. Footage of startling scenes in the world’s eighth busiest airport dominated U.S. media coverage Tuesday. The State Department urged China to “allow Hong Kong to exercise a high degree of autonomy,” but Trump himself took a more neutral tone. “It's a very tricky situation,” Trump told reporters. “I think it’ll work out. And I hope it works out for liberty. I hope it works out for everybody, including China. I hope it works out peacefully. I hope nobody gets hurts. I hope nobody gets killed.” Later on Twitter, he urged “everyone” to “be calm and safe” as he claimed U.S. intelligence showed Chinese troops moving toward Hong Kong. “Our Intelligence has informed us that the Chinese Government is moving troops to the Border with Hong Kong. Everyone should be calm and safe!” Trump tweeted. Sen. MORE (D-Conn.) responded to that tweet with his own saying “this is not foreign policy.” “It's hard to overstate how meaningful support or backing from the U.S. is to the work of human rights and democracy activists overseas,” Murphy wrote in another tweet. “It's also hard to overstate how devas... Link to the full article to read more