Daily Mail News
By JAMES REINL
Published: 11:36 EDT, 11 June 2025 | Updated: 11:48 EDT, 11 June
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.