U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to "liberate" Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit hardest by the unrest say "no thanks" Mr President.

President Trump asserted his pride in assisting Los Angeles during protests, attributing the unrest to radical leftists and praising the deployment of the National Guard and Marines. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the riots as attacks on American culture,

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, bypassing California Governor Gavin Newsom in the process, is irregular, but not without precedent.