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Trump
praises national guard, though troops have not arrived
President
Trump has praised the efforts of the national guard in calming the protests in
Los Angeles, despite the city’s mayor saying troops have yet to arrive.
In a post
on his social media platform TruthSocial, Trump said:
Great
job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes
and unrest. 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. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle
the task.
These
Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE
TOLERATED. Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests.
What do these people have to hide, and why??? Again, thank you to the National
Guard for a job well done!”
However
just an hour after Trump’s post, Bass tweeted: “I want to thank LAPD and
local law enforcement for their work tonight. I also want to thank Gavin Newsom
for his support.
“Just
to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los
Angeles.”
About
2,000 troops could be deployed to the city in California, after an immigration
crackdown led to protests that have run into two days.
The time
in LA is approaching 5am, and it is still yet to be seen whether the unrest
will run into a third day.
We’ll be
bringing you the latest, including the political reaction to the protests and
Trump’s decision.
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