Third day of protests in Los Angeles, Trump accuses political rivals

Several vehicles were set on fire, and there were reports of looting. A British photographer required surgery after being shot with a so-called "sponge bullet," while an Australian journalist was also shot with a non-lethal bullet while reporting.

" Things are looking bad in Los Angeles ," declared Donald Trump, who called for military intervention.

The president earlier ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops — against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom. The protests have been largely confined to the city center. In another incident there, BBC journalist Christal Hayes filmed a car driving toward protesters as people ran in panic. In Washington, however, there is no turning back, at least for now. Trump’s spokeswoman, Carolyn Leavitt, said the government was responding to “the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester,” and blamed the current situation on “incompetent” Democratic leadership in Los Angeles and the state of California.

On his online network Truth Social, Trump himself attacked Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic Governor Newsom, using the derogatory term "Newscum," which contains the word "scum," which means "scum."

" If Governor Gavin 'Newscum' of California and Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles can't do their jobs, and everyone knows they can't, then the federal government will step in and solve the problem ," Trump declared.

The governor himself reacted by saying that these moves will only worsen tensions and said that with this action, the Republican administration is deliberately inflaming the situation by tacitly accepting further escalation.

" Intervention here is the responsibility of the state National Guard" and "will undermine public trust ," Newsom warned. In the US, normally the federal states have control over the National Guard. The deployment of the Guard by order of the president marks a massive escalation of the situation.

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