‘War on the rule of law': Nicolle Wallace on the intentional chaos unleashed by Trump in Los Angeles
Jacob Soboroff, NBC News Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House live from Los Angeles, California outside of the parking lot of Home Depot where ICE conducted yet another immigration raid, as protests continue to grow on the streets of the city, with President Trump threatening to continue to escalate the presence of national guard troops.
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New York Post
12 minutes ago
- New York Post
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn's son Wyatt addresses claim he was viral protester scolding National Guardsmen during LA riots
Actor Wyatt Russell, son of Hollywood legends Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, has cleared the air after he was mistakenly identified as a man scolding law enforcement during the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles in a viral video. The video showed a bearded protester, who has a fleeting resemblance to Wyatt Russell, donning a black sweatshirt and baseball cap and shouting at National Guardsmen standing post. The protester can be heard telling the guardsmen that they were on 'the wrong side of history' in the clip that went viral on X on Monday. 'Your assault rifles and your sticks? You should be standing here with us,' the man is heard yelling. 5 Wyatt Russell attends the New York Special Screening of 'Thunderbolts' hosted by The Cinema Society at iPic Theater on April 30, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Disney 'We know you got a job to do, but you took an oath to the Constitution, not to the fascists in the White House. Think about what you're doing now. Think about what this means.' Rumors started spreading like wildfire across the social media platform that the man in the footage was actually the '22 Jump Street' star. However, a spokesperson for the 38-year-old actor quickly put to rest any doubt that he was the man in the video. 'This is indeed NOT Wyatt Russell, and we have been working to try and correct the mis-identification,' the spokesperson told the Independent. The protester in the viral clip was actually Aaron Fisher, a former Ohio House Democratic Caucus staffer and now a partner at Statecraft Media — who said he got a kick out of being mistaken for his Hollywood doppelganger. 5 Wyatt Russell with his mom, actress Goldie Hawn. Shutterstock 5 Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn and Wyatt Russell at 'The Hateful Eight' film premiere, in Los Angeles, on Dec. 7, 2015. Matt Baron/Shutterstock 'I found the mixup to be pretty humorous, and glad it helped to amplify the message,' Fisher told Entertainment Weekly. 'The proliferation of the words themselves, and the movement behind it, is what matters most.' Fisher then used the moment to bash the deployment of the National Guard in California to help control the violent ICE riots suffocating Los Angeles. 'The deployment of the National Guard against the wishes of our Governor is dangerously un-American, and I will continue to peacefully protest in my community,' he said. 5 Severe disorder takes place in downtown Los Angeles as hundreds of law enforcement officers and the National Guard try to keep order. Toby Canham for NY Post The city has been in turmoil since protests-turned-riots erupted as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided numerous workplaces and hauled off suspected illegal immigrants. The Trump administration has deployed 4,000 National Guard members to maintain order and help protect federal personnel and property. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also ordered 700 Marines to Los Angeles to support the National Guard troops on the ground, as well as local authorities. 5 Vehicles are seen being torched during the Los Angeles anti-ICE riots. Toby Canham for NY Post Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that a curfew will go into effect in parts of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday after five straight days of riots, looting, violent clashes with police, and more than 150 arrests. While it was confirmed that Russell wasn't the protester in the viral video, other celebrities have not shied away from throwing their support behind the anti-ICE riots. Actor Mark Ruffalo posted a lengthy message on Instagram condemning the ICE raids as things began to reach a boiling point in the city between protesters and law enforcement. 'When you have working class people going after the poor and other working class people you know you are living in an oligarchy,' Ruffalo captioned the post.
New York Post
26 minutes ago
- New York Post
Trump vows to ‘liberate Los Angeles' – slams ‘Third World lawlessness' and ‘rioters bearing foreign flags' in speech to US troops
President Trump on Tuesday vowed to 'liberate Los Angeles' from 'Third World lawlessness' on night five of the anti-ICE riots raging through downtown LA in a fiery speech to US troops. Trump, defending his decision to deploy the National Guard and US Marines to the City of Angels amid violent riots, argued that without the reinforcements, LA would be 'burning' like it did when wildfires swept through Southern California in January. 'Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and third-world lawlessness, like is happening in California,' Trump told soldiers during a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. 'As commander in chief, I will not let that happen.' Advertisement 6 President Donald Trump stands on stage during a speech in front of service members at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on June 10, 2025. REUTERS 6 Masked protesters line up in front of National Guard troops during protests in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. Barbara Davidson/NYPost The president declared that the 4,000 Guardsmen and 700 Marines he dispatched to Los Angeles will 'protect federal law enforcement' carrying out his mass deportation order 'from the attacks of a vicious and violent mob.' Advertisement 'If we didn't do it, there wouldn't be a Los Angeles. It would be burning today just like the houses were burning a number of months ago,' Trump argued, referring to the wildfires. 'Within the span of a few decades, Los Angeles has gone from being one of the cleanest, safest, and most beautiful cities on Earth to being a trash heap with entire neighborhoods under the control of transnational gangs and criminal networks,' the president said. 'It's horrible.' 'As the entire world can now see, uncontrolled migration leads to chaos, dysfunction, and disorder.' 'Very simply, we will liberate Los Angeles and make it free, clean, and safe again,' Trump pledged. 'It's happening very quickly.' Advertisement 6 An American flag burns on the ground during protests in the streets of LA on June 8, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Protesters have been clashing with local police and federal authorities in Los Angeles since Friday. The unrest was sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting criminal illegal immigrants in the sanctuary city, where officials, including Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, refuse to go along with Trump's immigration crackdown. 'What you're witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags,' Trump said. Advertisement 6 Protesters wave a Mexican flag in front of riot police outside a federal building in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. AFP via Getty Images 6 Vulgar graffiti is spray-painted on the exterior of an Apple store looted during the LA Riots on June 10, 2025. REUTERS Mexican and Palestinian flags have been a ubiquitous presence in the demonstrations and violent rioting that have plagued the city for the last five days. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the presence of foreign flags arguably makes the LA riots 'worse' than the unrest that broke out in Minneapolis in 2020 after the death of George Floyd in police custody. The senator called on Trump to consider invoking the seldom-used Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow US troops to conduct law enforcement activities, to quell the rioting. 6 Mounted police and other riot units enforce a curfew on the streets of Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. Getty Images After Trump's speech, Bass announced that a curfew would go into effect in parts of downtown Los Angeles in response to the violence and looting. 'We reached a tipping point,' Bass said at a news conference, declaring a local emergency after 23 businesses were vandalized Monday night.
San Francisco Chronicle
36 minutes ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
‘We are human': Los Angeles residents explain the drive behind days of mass protests
LOS ANGELES — As protesters hit the streets here Tuesday for a fifth consecutive day to denounce arrests of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, President Trump intensified his rhetoric, calling Angelenos 'animals' and 'a foreign enemy' and vowing to 'liberate' the city. The Chronicle spoke to protesters in Los Angeles to hear about what drove them to take action. One wore a flag bearing the statement: 'We are human.' Others spoke of their concern over racial profiling, treatment of immigrants and family members. Excerpts from those interviews are below. Trump has ordered 2,000 California National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines into Los Angeles — moves Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday criticized as illegal and dangerous. 'This brazen abuse of power by a sitting President inflamed a combustible situation… putting our people, our officers, and the National Guard at risk,' Newsom said in a speech Tuesday night. The demonstrations in Los Angeles have spurred a dramatic protest movement across the U.S., with large crowds gathering in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Seattle and St. Louis. Newsom said more than 370 people have been arrested in Los Angeles on vandalism and violence since the protests began Friday, following ICE's arrests at a clothing factory. On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass imposed an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m curfew in a square-mile area of downtown Los Angeles after 23 businesses were looted. Meanwhile, ICE arrests continued in Los Angeles and other parts of the U.S. Steven Steven, 24, who declined to provide his surname, said he is upset that people are being detained by ICE when they attend immigration court appointments. The Los Angeles resident stood with hundreds of others at Gloria Molina Grand Park for a vigil against deportations, wrapped in a flag reading 'We are human.' 'I don't think it's right,' Steven said. 'They are taking away people who are just trying to have a better life. I'm not even talking about deporting criminals.' Steven said he was also concerned that many people without criminal records are being targeted — pointing to cases of a high school girl and her mother who were arrested at immigration court. Frida Aguilar Frida Aguilar, 22, of Los Angeles, came out to protest downtown 'for my family,' she said, including many who are 'Dreamers' under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Aguilar stood wrapped in a Mexican flag at the corner of Los Angeles and Temple Streets, accompanied by her friend Yaire Linares, who was wrapped in a Guatemalan flag. 'It's getting insane out here,' Aguilar said. Aguilar said she was upset with how immigration officials seem to ignore due process in detaining and deporting people and with how they use racial profiling to stop people. She cited a case, reported by NBC News, in which ICE detained a U.S. marshal in Arizona because he 'fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE.' Aguilar criticized Trump's characterization of the violence in Los Angeles, saying that 'the violence is occurring because they are provoking… us.' 'We are trying to speak for people who don't have a voice,' Aguilar said. Nico Chavez Nico Chavez said he attended the demonstration in support of 'my people.' 'It's why my parents came here!' Chavez said. Chavez was protesting with hundreds of others outside a federal building in Los Angeles when police started firing rubber bullets. Chavez was near a pedestrian bridge when he heard the bullets. 'That was scary!' Chavez said. 'I was just throwing up a peace sign; I wasn't doing anything.' Bianca Stopani Bianca Stopani, 36, of Los Angeles, said she decided to protest because she doesn't think ICE 'telling us we can't be here' is fair. Stopani said she is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants. 'My parents fought for a better life,' Stopani said. 'It's my turn to fight for them.' Stopani said she has protested before, including against the Iraq War when she was 14. She said Trump is 'such a hypocrite.' 'He wants to talk about Latino people being criminals, but he's the one who has all these RICO [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] charges,' Stopani said. Aleah and Kimberly Aleah, 19, of Pomona, was protesting — for a third day — for her parents, who came into the United States without authorization when they were children. 'I am protesting for my parents and for the right to not to be taken away,' Aleah said. Aleah, a U.S. citizen, was protesting in Los Angeles, alongside her friends, including Kimberly, a 19-year-old from East Los Angeles. Aleah said Trump's criticism of immigrants and protesters appalled her. 'I don't think a criminal should be talking against hard-working people who take all of the dirty labor jobs no one else wants,' Aleah said. 'He [Trump] should be looking for real criminals.' Kimberly said she thinks Trump is targeting 'Hispanics and Latino people and a lot of people are letting him get away with it and it needs to stop.' 'Trump is getting away with a lot, and I think people are finally realizing it,' Kimberly said. Chronicle Staff Writer Molly Burke contributing to this report.
