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After Midnight Trump rant about LA protests [1]
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Date: 2025-06-08
Late at night, Trump started out about the protests, switched to the earlier LA fires with sort of a transition because Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass were involved. Then he talks about "permitting," which is normally about oil and gas exploration, then back to the protests. He's unhinged.
2:41am ET.
"Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest."
All the reports say that the National Guard arrival is 24 hours away from getting to LA.
"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 handle the task."
Insults always. No transition from the protests to the wildfires to permitting. Oil and gas exploration in Kern County with Bakersfield has been slowed down. Oil industry complains that without drilling there, the country has to import oil. Nonsense. We've been energy independent since 2019. Trump already opened up offshore drilling across the whole continental shelf. Why would Californians want more drilling in their backyard?
"These Radical Left protests..."
It's always "radical left" this, "radical left" that with Trump. Not a new idea in his head for a decade. Like a bad comedian, he needs new material.
"... by instigators and often paid troublemakers..."
Paid troublemakers. What a moron.
"Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests."
I really wonder where the law is on that. Is Trump going to force through a federal law? Who's going to enforce it? Does that mean ICE gestapo can't wear masks anymore? They should be the first to show their faces. They're the ones that started this. It's bad law enforcement that started the Watts riots and the Rodney King protests in LA in the past. This time, it's federal ICE bad actors that started it.
"What do these people have to hide, and why???"
Triple question marks. He's upset. He can't go after people who can't be identified. What does ICE have to hide?.
"Again, thank you to the National Guard for a job well done."
There is a memorandum up on WhiteHouse.gov allowing Trump to activate the National Guard over Newsom's objections, but they are not there yet. Trump thinks that they magically appeared because of his memorandum. Congratulating them on a job they haven't done.
Four hours before Trump's post. Pete Hegseth said he'd call out the Marines from Camp Pendleton if necessary.
Deploying military against US citizens on American soil is illegal. But Hegseth is so stupid he doesn't know that. If he tries, will the Marines know that is an illegal order and disobey? We may find out.
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