"BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!" thunders a defiant Donald Trump on the heels of the Los Angeles protests.
His anti-immigration policy
Confronted with protests against ICE and its anti-immigration policies, Donald Trump has hardened his aggressive rhetoric against protesters, the mayor of Los Angeles and California governor Gavin Newsom.
The national guard
Over the weekend, Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard without the governor's approval, referring to the protesters as "paid insurrectionists".
The Marines!
In an unprecedented turn of events, Trump even expressed the wish that members of the U.S. Army Navy be sent to Los Angeles against the protesters, placing 500 Marines on high alert!
Compton
The protests erupted in response to a series of coordinated ICE raids in Los Angeles, which were perceived as particularly aggressive. Gatherings of protesters quickly formed in the neighborhoods targeted by these operations, notably in Compton.
"migrant riots"
The anti-ICE protests were quickly labeled by Donald Trump as "migrant riots", claiming that Los Angeles had been "invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals".
When the President loses his cool
On Truth Social, he declared that the demonstrators were not mere protesters, but troublemakers and "paid insurrectionists", calling for their immediate arrest: "ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!".
Violent clashes
Tension reached a climax when some of the demonstrators provoked violent clashes with the police, accompanied by acts of vandalism, fireworks and vehicle burning. The situation calmed down slightly during the day on Monday, according to local authorities. For Governor Gavin Newsom, Donald Trump's actions are only fanning the flames of an already extremely fragile situation. The governor of California gave a powerful interview to MSNBC, revealing that the state would sue the Trump administration because the use of the National Guard was, in his opinion, illegal in the current context and without his approval as governor.