President Trump said people participating in protests in Los Angeles will not be allowed to wear masks and praised the National Guard for “a job well done” after deploying them to the city to settle the protests.
“These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED,” he wrote on Truth Social early Sunday morning. “Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???”
Trump also took aim at California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) for being “unable” to “handle the task.”
“We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster,” he wrote.
Trump also thanked the National Guard after he deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area on Saturday.
“Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest,” Trump wrote.
The president’s statements come amid intense protests pushing back on raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The White House slammed the protests, with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller describing demonstrations at the city’s federal building as an “insurrection.”
“An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States,” Miller wrote in a Saturday post.
