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   President Trump said Saturday he won’t send feds to quell protests or   
   riots in “poorly run” Democratic cities – unless they specifically ask   
   for help.   
      
   The president spelled out the new rules for federal action and   
   deployments in a Truth Social post, a day after anti-ICE protests   
   erupted in Los Angeles and in Eugene, Oregon.   
      
   Cities must not allow lawless acts such as spitting on officers, and   
   must protect federal property, said the president.   
      
   “I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that   
   under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run   
   Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and   
   until, they ask us for help,” Trump posted Saturday afternoon.   
      
   “We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal   
   Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics,   
   Agitators, and Insurrectionists. Please be aware that I have instructed   
   ICE and/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of   
   Federal Government Property.”   
      
   Trump made references to invitations by local authorities, while the   
   administration faces lawsuits in Minneapolis, Chicago and other cities   
   who argued against the insertion of federal forces, including ICE. Trump   
   himself called to de-escalate the situation after Border Patrol agents   
   shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last Saturday.   
      
   “If Local Governments are unable to handle the Insurrectionists,   
   Agitators, and Anarchists, we will immediately go to the location where   
   such help is requested, and take care of the situation very easily and   
   methodically,” Trump said.   
      
   “It is your obligation to also protect our Federal Property, Buildings,   
   Parks, and everything else. We are there to protect Federal Property,   
   only as a back up, in that it is Local and State Responsibility to do   
   so,” he wrote.   
      
   “Therefore, to all complaining Local Governments, Governors, and Mayors,   
   let us know when you are ready, and we will be there — But, before we do   
   so, you must use the word, ‘PLEASE.’”   
      
   Trump, who termed the protests against his original immigration   
   enforcement efforts in LA as “The Los Angeles riots,” laced his   
   statement with plenty of tough language and threats.   
      
   “Remember that I stated, in the strongest of language, to BEWARE — ICE,   
   Border Patrol or, if necessary, our Military, will be extremely powerful   
   and tough in the protection of our Federal Property. We will not allow   
   our Courthouses, Federal Buildings, or anything else under our   
   protection, to be damaged in any way, shape, or form,” Trump wrote.   
      
   The post comes a day after thousands took to the streets of Los Angeles   
   in rowdy anti-ICE demonstrations, and a week after Minneapolis resident   
   Alex Pretti was shot and killed by ICE agents, which sparked numerous   
   violent protests.   
      
   “If Local Governments are unable to handle the Insurrectionists,   
   Agitators, and Anarchists, we will immediately go to the location where   
   such help is requested, and take care of the situation very easily and   
   methodically, just as we did the Los Angeles Riots one year ago, where   
   the Police Chief said that, ‘We couldn’t have done it without the help   
   of the Federal Government.’   
      
   “In the meantime, by copy of this Statement, I am informing Local   
   Governments, as I did in Los Angeles when they were rioting at the end   
   of the Biden Term, that you must protect your own State and Local   
   Property,” Trump wrote.   
      
   Along with LA, protesters in Eugene, Oregon also wreaked havoc Friday   
   night, the president said. “These criminals broke into a Federal   
   Building, and did great damage, also scaring and harassing the   
   hardworking employees. Local Police did nothing in order to stop it.”   
      
   Eugene police confirmed protesters “breached the building and went   
   inside,” though authorities claimed they intervened to keep the   
   situation “de-escalated.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/us-news/trump-wont-send-in-feds-to-end-riot   
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