Reporter Asks Trump, 'Will The National Guard Be In California Indefinitely?' | L.A. Protests - video Dailymotion

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump was asked about the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles, California.

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00:00Mr. President, do you agree with Governor Abbott's student signing legislation to mandate the Ten Commandments in school classrooms?

00:06Having to do with what?

00:07Do Governor Abbott's student going to find legislation to mandate displays of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms?

00:13Do you support him?

00:13I have to take a look at it. I'm going to have to look at it.

00:16Will the National Guard be in California indefinitely? How long will they be there until you think?

00:21Until there's no danger.

00:23It's easy. Look, it's common sense. You ask me that question.

00:27When there's no danger, they'll leave.

00:30You would have had a horrible situation had I not sent them in. Horrible.

00:37You'd be reporting on a lot of death and a lot of destruction that's not going to take place.

00:42I think if you look, every night it got less and less.

00:45They were met with very strong force, the bad people, the bad, sick people that do what they do.

00:50But these are paid people in many cases, not in all cases, but in many cases.

00:54And they really are. They're agitators.