President Donald Trump’s claim that ‘paid agitators’ are wreaking havoc in Los Angeles has raised questions about the protest groups and dark money flows from billionaires that may be behind the chaos in America’s second-biggest city.
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Trump described some LA protestors as ‘paid insurrectionist or agitator or troublemakers,’ suggesting they were financed by clandestine groups, which the president did not name.
His comments heightened scrutiny over the protests, which erupted in downtown LA on Friday in response to federal immigration raids and escalated into clashes with law enforcers, property being vandalized and rampant looting.
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“These agitators break up concrete and hand it out to people, who stood in line to get it. These have to be PAID TROUBLEMAKERS”
The funders MUST BE ARRESTED & PROSECUTED pic.twitter.com/v0N2C04eXq
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 10, 2025
