Trump Rages About L.A. Protests in Late-Night Rant

President Donald Trump fired a barrage of social media posts on Monday, June 9, about the ongoing protests and civil unrest in Los Angeles, demanding the deployment of troops.

Knewz.com has learned that the protests and unrest in Los Angeles were sparked by large-scale immigration enforcement actions, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly arrested at least 44 undocumented individuals.

The raids triggered widespread protests throughout the city, with demonstrators blocking highways, setting vehicles ablaze, and clashing with federal agents. According to reports, protesters targeted self-driving Waymo cars in several instances, setting them on fire.

“By evening, police had issued an unlawful assembly order shutting down several blocks of downtown Los Angeles. Flash bangs echoed out every few seconds into the evening,” reports have mentioned.

To deal with the situation, the President signed a memorandum “deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness” in California as protests against ICE operations continue in the state.

A statement from the United States Northern Command read:

“By direction of Secretary of Defense and in coordination with U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), approximately 2,000 California Army National Guard soldiers have been placed under federal command and control in a Title 10 status to support the protection of federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.”

“Additionally, approximately 500 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, are in a prepared to deploy status should they be necessary to augment and support the DoD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts,” the statement further read.

In his latest salvo of social media posts, Trump stood by his decision to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles, saying that Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should be “thankful” to the President.

“We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. The very incompetent “Governor,” Gavin Newscum, and “Mayor,” Karen Bass, should be saying, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR,”” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

In another post, Trump made a reference to the statement made by Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell during a press conference, where he said that while he didn’t initially think it was necessary to bring in the National Guard, “looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment.”

“Jim McDonnell, the highly respected LAPD Chief, just stated that the protesters are getting very much more aggressive, and that he would “have to reassess the situation,” as it pertains to bringing in the troops. He should, RIGHT NOW!!! Don’t let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” the President wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Shortly after he fired the post, Trump followed up with another Truth Social post saying, “Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!”

He fired another Truth Social post shortly afterwards, saying, “ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!”

It is worth noting that California Governor Gavin Newsom called Trump a “stone-cold liar” for not mentioning his plans to deploy the California National Guard in response to the protests in Los Angeles during a phone call on Saturday morning.

“We talked for almost 20 minutes and he barely, this issue never came up… I tried to talk about L.A., he wanted to talk about all these other issues. We had a very decent conversation,” Newsom said during the interview.

“He never once brought up the National Guard. He’s a stone-cold liar… He said he did. Stone. Cold. Liar. Never did,” Newsom added.

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