President Donald Trump left the door open on Tuesday to using the Insurrection Act to address protests in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is entering its fifth day of demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in the city, though Trump said the situation is under better control as a result of his intervention.
“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, referring to the Insurrection Act. “We’ll see. But I can tell you, last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible.”