US President Donald Trump visits Fort Bragg, where he will observe a military demonstration and deliver remarks.
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Trump warned that protesters in other cities risk being confronted by military personnel if large-scale protests spread.
He also said that any demonstrators who threatened a military parade set to take place in Washington on Saturday, which is US Flag Day and also Trump’s 79th birthday, “will be met with heavy force”.
Armed National Guard troops are accompanying immigration agents as they carry out mass deportation raids on the streets of Los Angeles, the New York Post has reported.
The troops are said to be providing “operational security” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
They are there “in case shit hits the fan”, a federal law enforcement source said.
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