President Trump took his Border Czar’s feedback about arresting California officers — together with the state governor and the mayor of L.A. — to the subsequent degree Monday, declaring he would have Gavin Newsom arrested instantly.

On Saturday night time, the second night time of road protests — some fairly violent — towards ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles County, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan appeared to threaten to place California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in handcuffs in the event that they bought in the way in which of the federal raids.

“I’ll say it about anyone,” Homan stated, responding particularly as to whether his menace of detaining any obstructionist included state officers like Newsom and Bass. “You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an unlawful alien. It’s a felony to impede regulation enforcement doing their job.”

Newsom responded angrily and referred to as Homan a “robust man” on digital camera Sunday night time, and stated, “Go forward and arrest me, let’s go.” The back-and-forth comes as Trump federalized California state Nationwide Guard troops and ordered them into L.A. to cope with the protests.

Requested on the White Home garden Monday about Newsom’s provocation of Homan and whether or not Homan ought to arrest the governor, Trump stated … “I’d do it if I have been Tom, I feel it is nice.”

Trump continued … “He is carried out a horrible job. I like Gavin Newsom, he is a pleasant man, however he is grossly incompetent.”

Trump additionally had phrases for the protesters … “The individuals which are inflicting the issue are skilled agitators, they’re insurrectionists, they’re unhealthy individuals, they need to be in jail. Thanks.”

Newsom responded with a publish on X … “The President of the USA simply referred to as for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This can be a day I hoped I’d by no means see in America. I don’t care in the event you’re a Democrat or a Republican this can be a line we can’t cross as a nation — that is an unmistakable step towards authoritarianism.”