LA riots LIVE: Trump breaks silence claiming city would have been 'completely obliterated'
Reach Daily Express | June 10, 2025 6:39 AM CST
President defended his deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, claiming: "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."
defended the intervention, saying there were "violent people" and promising "very strong law and order." His decision has triggered a legal showdown with California Governor , who called the move "illegal and immoral" and vowed to sue. Protests erupted over the weekend after immigration raids, with demonstrators torching self-driving cars and clashing violently with on the 101 Freeway.
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