Trump Is Now Threatening To Use Military Forces However He Wants

Trump remained adamant Tuesday that the Los Angeles Police Department was unequipped to handle the protests, which were largely peaceful but involved some vandalism of cars, buildings and other infrastructure.  

“Los Angeles was under siege until we got there. The police were unable to handle it,” he said, claiming the city was “out of control when we got there.”

He also defended his use of the National Guard because Los Angeles is hosting the Olympics in three years, adding, “You’ve got to remember, we have the Olympics coming, and we don’t want people looking at Los Angeles like it was, like it would have been.”

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.