Trump blames the "radical left" for instigating and funding the Los Angeles protests

Washington, June 8 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed the "radical left" for being behind the protests and riots in Los Angeles, a city that today faces its third day of clashes between protesters and authorities after conducting massive immigration raids. "These protests by the Radical Left, by instigators and often paid rioters, will not be tolerated. Furthermore, from now on, the use of masks in protests will not be allowed. What does these people have to hide and why? Once again, thanks to the National Guard for a job well done!" wrote Trump on his Truth Social account about clashes that occurred in different parts of Los Angeles and that have resulted in dozens of arrests.

In the publication, the president took the opportunity to criticize the "incompetent" Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, whom he renamed in a derogatory tone "Newscum" (playing on the sound of his last name) and against Mayor Karen Bass: "Just look at how they handled the fires," Trump said.

For his part, Bass expressed his doubts about the deployment of the 2,000 National Guard troops sent by the Trump Administration to Los Angeles.

"I don't think it's necessary because I trust that the Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles can handle things in Los Angeles," the mayor expressed to the ABC network this Sunday morning.

Yesterday, after the news broke that Trump would deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went a step further and threatened to send U.S. Marine infantrymen "if the violence continues."

This provoked a strong reaction from the governor of California who considered that this was "deranged behavior".

On Saturday, the demonstrations concentrated in the city of Paramount, where more than 50 federal vehicles carried out an immigration operation at a company.

Activists and community members protested trying to prevent the arrests, but for more than two hours federal agents repelled the protesters with tear gas and stun grenades. Multiple injuries were reported among protesters hit by rubber bullets and grenades. The authorities used military tactics to disperse the protesters in order to remove the detainees.

The Department of Homeland Security has complained about the response, which generated some vandalism and graffiti against the federal building and the vehicles of immigration agencies on Friday night, after the first day of immigration operations in at least seven locations in the city of Los Angeles.