Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at protests in California, and ordered his top officials to "liberate Los Angeles."
The president took to his own social media site, Truth Social, over the weekend to unleash the escalation in tensions surrounding the protests involving the administration's policies surrounding immigration enforcement.
"A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals," Trump claimed without citing any specific data. "Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve."
Going even further, Trump ordered "all such action" be taken to stop protesters.
"I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, in coordination with all other relevant Departments and Agencies, to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots," the president wrote. "Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"