White House continues criticism of Democratic leaders over LA protests

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt began her Wednesday briefing by continuing to lambaste California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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00:00How are you? Good. Good to see you all. What we have seen translogged, the Trump administration

00:17is going to continue the mass deportation effort that the president promised the American public.

00:22Many of you were at those rallies in cities and communities across the country when the president

00:26spoke about his commitment to removing violent, illegal criminals and anyone who has broken

00:32our nation's immigration laws from American communities. And God bless our ICE and Border

00:36Patrol who are working hard on that effort. This administration is going to continue that.

00:40And it's part of the reason we do need the one big, beautiful bill to pass as well, may I add,

00:44because the bill provides funding to hire more ICE agents and Border Patrol agents,

00:48more personnel on the ground to conduct this important public safety work.

00:52Part of it are Democrats saying they want to reclaim the American flag. It's also

00:57being titled No King's Day. Does the president see himself as a king? And does the White House

01:02expect to see American flags being thrown, being flown during these protests this weekend?

01:07The president views himself as the president of the United States of America. This is a

01:11constitutional republic. And we want to see all of our citizens be proud of the country in which they

01:17are given the privilege and the blessing to live. And I think that those images of foreign flags being

01:23waved with by illegal criminals and by violent rioters in the face of cars blowing up and of flames in the

01:32city. I have photos of that here to show you with this violence and destruction that occurred is an

01:38image that Governor Gavin Newsom owns. This is his city. Has the president tried to resume dialogue with

01:45Kim Jong-un? There's some reporting that the president sent a letter and tried to give it to

01:50Kim Jong-un through some North Korean diplomats through the UN and they declined to take it and

01:54send it to Kim Jong-un? The president remains receptive to correspondence with Kim Jong-un and

02:00he'd like to see the progress that was made at that summit in Singapore, which I know you covered in

02:042018 during his first term. As for specific correspondence, I'll leave that to the president to answer.

02:09Finalize that schedule and we will provide that for you as soon as we have it. Great. Thanks,

02:14Caroline. Just back to you. Do you have confirmation if President Trump is meeting

02:19any other leaders on the sideline of the G7? Yes. I can confirm there will be quite a

02:26few bilateral meetings between the president and other foreign leaders. The White House is still

02:30working very hard to finalize that schedule and we will provide that for you as soon as we have it.