(Los Angeles) Donald Trump on Tuesday accused “foreign enemies” of invading Los Angeles, theater for five days of clashes between police and demonstrators opposed to muscular expulsions of undocumented migrants.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to prevent the deployment of thousands of additional soldiers ordered by the Republican President, who hovers the threat of resorting to the state of emergency.
“This anarchy will not continue. We will not allow federal agents to be attacked and will not let an American city be invaded and conquered by foreign enemies, “said Donald Trump during a speech on a military base.
Hundreds of navies, an elite body, are expected to be reinforced Tuesday in the Californian megalopolis.
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Army soldiers watch President Donald Trump dancing after his speech to Fort Bragg, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Fort Bragg, North Caroline.
“If there is an insurrection, I will certainly invoke it,” replied Donald Trump about a possible recourse to the ACT insurrection, a state of emergency which gives the president the power to use the armed forces in order to maintain order on American territory.
Since Friday, the second largest American city, with a large population of Hispanic origin, has been the scene of clashes between protesters denouncing raids of the Federal Immigration Police (ICE) against undocumented and police in anti-riot clothes. These clashes have nevertheless remained sporadic and localized.
The streets were relatively calm Tuesday afternoon in the city center, including in the district of Little Tokyo, after a night face-to-face between demonstrators pulling fireworks towards police officers and the latter retaluating with tear gas. Several stores have been looted.
Some 700 navies, an elite body normally used as an external projection force, must join 4,000 soldiers of the National Guard already mobilized by Donald Trump, which he is accused of having taken disproportionate measures.
“Like a tyrant”
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Members of the security services stand next to demonstrators in front of the federal building Edward R. Roybal during a demonstration against federal immigration controls in the center of Los Angeles, California, United States, on June 10, 2025.
“They are supposed to protect us but, instead, they are sent to attack us,” deplores Kelly Diemer, a 47 -year -old demonstrator. The United States “is no longer a democracy. »»
Until when is this deployment of soldiers, the cost is estimated at $ 134 million by the Pentagon-Durera? “Until there is no more danger,” Donald Trump replied on Tuesday.
Before warning the “rest of the country” that “if they manifest, they will find in front of them the same force or a superior force” to that deployed in Los Angeles.
The protests have won some other American metropolises, sometimes with clashes.
Tuesday evening, in the heart of Manhattan, thousands of people started a walk near Foley Square, a place surrounded by courts, according to an AFP journalist. “We are not one, we are not 100, we are millions, allow us well!” Said a sign.
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Protesters face police officers in an anti -assembly attire during a demonstration following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.
In California, at the forefront of progressive states, its governor turned to justice to prevent the deployment of mobilized soldiers.
“Deploying in the street of combatants trained for war is unprecedented and threatens the very foundation of our democracy,” said Gavin Newsom, considered a potential candidate for the White House for 2028. “Donald Trump behaves like a tyrant, not as a president. »»
“Tar and feathers”
Accused by a high American official of having encouraged the demonstrations against the expulsions of migrants in Los Angeles, the Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum replied that it was “absolutely false”.
Many demonstrators have brandished Mexican flags in recent days.
The president’s close guard was brought up in distrust of the California authorities.
Gavin Newsom “deserves tar and feathers,” said the republican boss of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson.
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Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
Asked about the reaction of the Trump administration to these demonstrations and those of January 6, 2021, when a crowd had invaded the Capitol, he replied that there was “a clear difference”.
“The troubles relate to a few house pâtés. Not the whole center, and not the whole city, ”repeated the mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass.
“This kind of spectacle fuels the idea that there is a real uprising against the authorities and a real emergency. We can at least assume that this is exactly what is looking for (Trump): militarize this type of conflict, in particular on immigration, because it allows him to move more and more towards a dictatorial, authoritarian power, “Frank Bowman, professor of law at the University of Missouri, told AFP.
Trump announces that military bases will find their former names of Confederate Generals
Donald Trump announced Tuesday that a series of renowned military bases under the chairmanship of Joe Biden were going to be renamed of their former names associated with Confederate Generals who fought during the Civil War, defenders of slavery.
The American president made this announcement during a speech from the largest military base in the country and headquarters of the special forces in North Carolina, she already became Fort Bragg again in February, after having bore the name of Fort Liberty since 2023.
“It will always be strong bragg,” said Donald Trump on Tuesday.
“We will also restore the names of Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee,” he announced, a new one welcomed by some acclamations.
“We have won a lot of battles from these bases. Now is not the time to change, ”said the Republican President.
In mid-2023 under the chairmanship of Joe Biden, nine military bases called the names of Confederate officers, who had fought for the south in defense of slavery during the Civil War (1861-1865), had been renamed.
Demonstration in New York against Trump’s migration policy
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Protesters gathered in New York on June 10, 2025
“No hatred, no fear, immigrants are welcome.” A few thousand people walked early Tuesday evening on the streets of New York to protest against the migration policy of Donald Trump, according to an AFP team on the spot.
The demonstrators, including many young people, gathered in Foley Square, a place near courts from where migrants were arrested last Friday by the police, to walk in southern Manhattan.
“Ice, outside New York,” could be read on many posters in reference to the federal immigration police, which multiplies the arrests of migrants or asylum seekers in recent weeks in the United States, also prelude to muscular clashes in Los Angeles.
Trump is trained in European immigration
Taking up an angle of attack that has become recurrent since his return to power, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Europe was to act against “immigration out of control” and “before it was too late”.
“As the whole world can now see, immigration out of control leads to chaos, dysfunction and disorder. And what do you know? This is also the case in Europe. This is what happens in many European countries, “he said during a speech on a military base, referring to the clashes that occurred in Los Angeles between the police and demonstrators opposed to the President’s forced eviction policy.
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US President Donald Trump goes on stage to deliver a speech during a visit to Fort Bragg to mark the anniversary of the American army, in North Carolina, in the United States, on June 10, 2025.
“They don’t like it when I say it but I say it loud and clear. They’d better do something before it is too late, “added Donald Trump, who spoke in front of soldiers carrying trellis and red berets.
The White House now presents the fight against illegal immigration as an issue of “civilization”, a rhetoric that worries civil rights defenders and anti-racist activists.
Vice-President JD Vance had already attacked European countries in a resounding speech at the Munich security conference in February, judging that there was no “more urgent” problem than illegal immigration on the continent.
The White House has also publicly supported its far-right training or figures in Europe, whether Marine Le Pen or the German AFD party.
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