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Trump Claims Anti-ICE Protests in L.A. Are Part of “Foreign Invasion”

HeadlineJun 11, 2025

On Tuesday, President Trump spoke at Fort Bragg and compared the protests in Los Angeles to a foreign invasion, as fears grow he may soon invoke the Insurrection Act.

President Donald Trump: “What you’re witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and our national sovereignty carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion of our country.”

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