Cops use tear gas to disperse anti-Trump crowd in Los Angeles - Day of action comes after week-long protests in Los Angeles against Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and ICE raids on immigrants

Demonstrators filled streets and parks across the country on Saturday, taking part in a nationwide day of protests to counter the actions of the Trump administration and the president’s plans for a military parade this evening in Washington,

CNN issued a breaking news announcement after Donald Trump's approval rating surged 'like a rocket' amid the Los Angeles protests.

On Monday 9 June, the American president expressed his satisfaction: deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles was, in his view, was an “excellent decision.”

President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg as he defended deploying the military on those protesting his immigration enforcement.

California Lieutenant Gov. Eleni Kounalakis suggested President Donald Trump was responsible for escalating the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles over the weekend.

The protests, known as the No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance, are a response to what the organisers describe as a shift towards authoritarianism and the militarisation of democracy. They are expected to be the largest since Donald Trump began his second term in the White House.