Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appeared to threaten the looming World Cup as she begged Trump not to deport more migrants on Tuesday.
Bass, speaking at a press conference, said the city’s economy will ‘collapse’ if Trump deports more illegal migrants, and taunted him: ‘Don’t you want the World Cup to be a success for you?’
She insisted the city is not ‘in flames’ but slammed vandals spraying graffiti and destroying businesses.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed the military will stay in Los Angeles for 60 days to combat violent ‘rioters, looters and thugs” during the immigration riots.
The chaos began on Friday when anti-ICE protesters seized on a handful of police raids across the city, taking to the streets to burn cars and march against what they say are unfair deportations.
Local business owners are outraged as destructive looters continue to target downtown stores as the protests rage on.
President Donald Trump is deploying another 2,000 National Guard troops, along with 700 Marines, to LA today after Monday marked a fourth day of destructive protests.
California has filed a lawsuit over the use of National Guard troops following the first deployment, telling reporters that Trump had ‘trampled’ the state’s sovereignty.
Trump claims the city would have been ‘completely obliterated’ if he had not deployed the Guard.