At the White House, President Donald Trump said he would send the military back to Los Angeles if he so chose in order to protect the 2028 Olympic Games.

Trump’s vow to use the National Guard or military follows his dispatch of troops to Los Angeles in response to protests of ICE raids. His decision to federalize the guard was opposed by California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who said that the show of federal force instead inflamed the situation.