LA Clashes Escalate as Trump and Newsom Argue Over National Guard
A protester holds a bible with the words "Love your immigrant neighbor" outside of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building during a demonstration in Los Angeles on June 8.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
Good morning. Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom spar as the Los Angeles clashes escalate. Trade talks between the US and China are set to kick off in London. And Apple’s big announcement looks set to disappoint. Listen to the day’s top stories.
Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement in Los Angeles as unrest spilled into a third night. Donald Trump said it was “looking really bad in LA” as he sparred with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who blamed the president’s deployment of 2,000 national guard troops for inflaming tensions over increasingly aggressive immigration raids.