President Donald trump exploded on two ‘incompetent’ LA leaders who he said are responsible for the raging pro-migrant riots in California.

On Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that ‘active duty Marines’ were on ‘high alert’ as roving mobs of violent thugs created havoc on the streets of Los Angeles.

Hegseth made the bold threat after President Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to descend on the city in an effort to quell days-long chaos amid ICE raids targeting illegal migrants.

‘The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil… and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK,’ Hegseth wrote on X.

‘If violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert.’

Early Sunday morning Trump took to his Truth Social applauded the National Guard for stepping in to control ‘these radical left protests,’ while also calling out Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass for being ‘unable to handle the task.’

‘Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor and Mayor who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task,’ the president wrote.

‘These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED. Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why??? Again, thank you to the National Guard for a job well done!’

Soon after Trump thanked the National Guard for stepping in, Bass took to X to thank the LAPD and Newsom for their support, while also noting that the state-based military agency was not deployed.

‘I want to thank LAPD and local law enforcement for their work tonight. I also want to thank @GovernorNewsom for his support,’ she posted.

‘Just to be clear, the National Guard has not been deployed in the City of Los Angeles.’

The Los Angeles Police Department also responded on Saturday night by warning rioters that the use of non-lethal munitions has been authorized.

‘The Incident Commander has authorized the use of less lethal munitions to be deployed,’ the LAPD Central Division wrote on X, urging people to ‘leave the area’ as non-lethal weapons ‘can cause pain and discomfort.’

The threats to use force came as activists set cars on fire and threw rocks and flaming projectiles at the authorities.

‘We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight,’ Tom Homan, President Trump’s point man on border security, said on Fox News on Saturday evening.

‘We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor (Karen) Bass should be thanking us.’

Newsom also suggested the Trump administration was deliberately inflaming the situation and sending the National Guard would only make matters worse.

‘The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,’ Newsom tweeted. ‘This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.’

Soon after Trump thanked the National Guard for stepping in, Bass took to X to thank the LAPD and Newsom for their support, while also noting that the state-based military agency was not deployed

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California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, suggested the Trump administration was deliberately inflaming the situation in order to justify sending in the National Guard

Minutes later, Trump himself warned Newsom and Mayor Bass to take charge of the situation in a post on his Truth Social.

‘If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!’, Trump wrote.

Federal agents clashed with angry protestors in the Los Angeles area for a second day Saturday, shooting flash-bang grenades into the crowd just after 4pm, shutting part of a freeway amid raids on undocumented migrants.

The standoff took place in the suburb of Paramount, where demonstrators had gathered near a Home Depot that was being used as a staging area by federal immigration officials.

Shortly afterwards Trump himself posted from his Truth Social warning Mayor Bass and California Governor Gavis Newsom to take charge of the situation

They were met by federal agents in riot gear and gas masks. The mob was warned to leave in both Spanish and English.

Tear gas and smoke filled the air as confrontations between immigration authorities and demonstrators extended into a second day with top Trump administration officials vowed to prosecute anyone who interferes with enforcement.

The agents appeared to include members of Border Patrol, the US Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations.

By Saturday night federal agents reported having arrested more than a dozen ‘agitators who impeded agents in their ability to conduct law enforcement operations.’

In his Fox News interview, Homan said those arrested included child sex offenders, gang members and national security threats.

‘They arrested a lot of bad people yesterday and today,’ Homan asserted. ‘We’re making Los Angeles safer.’

Homan also remarked that ICE agents were often wearing masks as they conducted raids because they were worried about their families being doxxed.

Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stood guard outside an industrial park in Paramount, deploying tear gas as bystanders and protesters gathered on medians and across the street.

Some jeered at officers while recording the events on smartphones.

‘Now they know that they cannot go to anywhere in this country where our people are, and try to kidnap our workers, our people – they cannot do that without an organized and fierce resistance,’ said protester Ron Gochez, 44.

‘ICE out of Paramount. We see you for what you are,’ a woman said through a megaphone. ‘You are not welcome here.’

One handheld sign read, ‘No Human Being is Illegal.’

On Saturday, amid chants for ICE agents to get out, some protestors waved Mexican flags while others set a US flag on fire.

Homan confirms National Guard heading to LA to combat ICE protests.

Cement blocks and overturned shopping carts from Home Depot served as crude roadblocks.

A crowd swarmed a US Marshals Service bus exiting a nearby freeway, with authorities later closing on and off ramps to keep protesters from taking over the highway.

Smoke rose from burning shrubbery and refuse in the street, and demonstrators kicked at a Border Patrol vehicle.

A boulevard was closed to traffic as Border Patrol agents circulated through the area.

Paramount Mayor Peggy Lemons said she was not informed about the Home Depot raid in advance. She urged the crowd to stay calm to avoid violence.

She said the Department of Homeland Security was deliberately targeting Home Depots across the county in search of undocumented residents.

‘We don’t know what was happening, or what their target was. To think that there would be no heightening of fear and no consequences from the community doesn’t sound like good preparation to me,’ she told the LA Times.

‘Above all, there is no communication and things are done on a whim. And that creates chaos and fear.’

In a statement on Saturday about the protests in Paramount, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said: ‘It appeared that federal law enforcement officers were in the area, and that members of the public were gathering to protest.’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a message on social media addressing ‘LA rioters’ and warning that interference with immigration enforcement will not be tolerated.

‘You will not stop us or slow us down,’ Noem said on the X platform. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ‘will enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.’

The immigration raids are part of Trump‘s ongoing crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Following the latest clashes in Los Angeles, authorities vowed to prosecute offenders and warned of an escalating security presence.

Trump was elected to a second term largely on a promise to crack down hard on the entry and presence of undocumented migrants who he likened to ‘monsters’ and ‘animals.’

Following the latest clashes in Los Angeles, authorities vowed to prosecute offenders and warned of an escalating security presence.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said multiple arrests had been made following Friday’s clashes.

‘You bring chaos, and we’ll bring handcuffs. Law and order will prevail,’ he said on X.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed search warrants at multiple locations Friday, including outside a clothing warehouse in the fashion district.

The action came after a judge found probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Attorney´s Office.

A tense scene unfolded outside as a crowd tried to block agents from driving away.