Los Angeles – the symbol of progressive failure
All the sins for which the mainstream press is now attacking European governments (all of the same orientation, as long as the pro-European ostrich coalitions) are overlooked in the case of Los Angeles protests, so that there is only one culprit-the Trump administration. Headless expenses of local administrations, fantasy and inefficient projects for integration, high financing for NGOs that cannot be verified, unions involved in politics, black work, offenses out of control, vote without acts, served. All these sins of the Democratic Governments of California and of the Democratic mayors of Los Angeles are overlooked, and they are presented as guiding headlights of humanism and American idealism, those who give immigrants to a retrograde federal administration who choose to expel the immigrants, Views from Brussels, Vilnius and Tallinn.
Here’s what the Atlantic writes, David Frum, former adviser to President George W. Bush, who launched the « Axis of evil » concept in 2002, and held the military intervention in Iraq, based on the false tests on the Arsenal of Chemical Weapons of the Hussein regime presented to the whole world by Washington. The father of the « axis of evil » (meanwhile in Russia and China) sees in the intervention of the Trump administration in Los Angeles a Machiavelic plan to influence the 2026 Congress elections, which are announced for Republicans. « If Trump can incite violence in the democratic states, he could invoke exceptional powers to impose federal control during the vote, » writes Frum, for The Atlantic. « Or could suspend the vote until the order was restored. In these cases, the democratic places in Congress could remain vacant for a certain time. »
If we are to believe in the weapons of mass destruction of the Hussein regime and in David Frum « the axis of evil », then that would be things in La.
The Atlantic doesn’t stop here. An article signed by Tom Nichols shows that, « by militarizing, Trump challenges Americans to protest against his administration in several American cities, giving him justification for several attacks on their constitutional freedoms. What he said and his advisers in recent days, they seem to want new violence against the use of the Americans. Children from the Government and restore the image of the powerful president who passes the law to keep the calm on the streets. America ”.
So, everything would be part of a plane through the Trump book shoots two rabbits in a blow: it applies its tough policy against illegal immigration and and the elections of 2026. If such a scenario had been placed by the conservative press, one year ago, on account of the Biden, The Atlantic, NYT, Times, CNN, CNN, CNN « Impartial » of truth and opinion trainers to demonstrate how serious these « fake news » are, how necessary is the digital literacy of the Americans in order not to fall into their trap and to listen only to David Frumului.
The protests started in Los Angeles on Friday, on Sunday, degenerated into confrontations between local and federal forces and hundreds of protesters, writes The Guardian, another progressive bastion. Police have announced that he had used tear gas to disperse a lot that protests the repression, « writes The Guardian. » Haos scenes were observed in front of a detention center, while a large group of protesters paralyzed the traffic « for several hours on the highway that connects Hollywood from the city center.
President Donald Trump has decided to send the National Guard to Los Angeles – about 2000 soldiers, to restore the order. But the democratic governor Gavin Newsom said it is a « violation of California sovereignty. » « It is not necessary for the National Guard to be held in Los Angeles, and this should be done in an illegal way and for such a long period, this is a violation of the sovereignty of the state of California and it seems intentionally conceived, » wrote Newsom, on social networks. He asked the US president to cancel the order, writes ABC7.
The mayor, also Democrat, from Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said that the National Guard is « a dangerous escalation. » « What we see in Los Angeles is a chaos caused by the federal administration. As long as they make descendants at Home Depot (big DIY stores) and at work, as long as they separate children from their parents and as long as they bring armored columns to the city, you will be afraid. »
The New York Times holds the ison of the progressive camp, writing that the local authorities have not requested federal support against the protesters who started protesting on Friday. The 9000 police officers in Los Angeles and the 75000 in California are sufficient to cope with the situation, writes The New York Times. « But Trump and his main advisers wanted to confront with Californian leaders, presenting the demonstrations as an existential threat to the country and triggering a federal response that led to new demonstrations throughout the city, » writes NYT.
Democrat Senator Alex Padilla said, for La Times, that President Trump was trying to distract his attention from his « devastating » tax laws that are now debated in Congress. There are laws that « reduce medical care for many Americans, who increase the cost of life for families who work and ensure tax reductions for billionaires. » « Trump does not want us to talk about it and he began to demonize immigrants, » said the senator.
But let’s give the word and social media channels that support the Trump administration in Los Angeles. The violence in the Californian metropolis are on account of the NGOs close to the Democratic Party, especially the Mexican version of Black Lives Matters-Union del Barrio, a group whose manifest uses a communist rhetoric. On Friday, Union del Barrio began to call the world at protest against the US immigration officers, whom they resembled some « terrorists ». This organization promotes the formation of committees in the Latin neighborhoods in the Californian cities where political education is done in Marxist spirit, against American imperialism, capitalism and cooperation with left -wing organizations.
Beyond the visions of the activists who have become the journalists of the great American publications, it must be said that Los Angeles, once a cradle of American conservatism, has become a center of neo -Marxist radicalism. At, together with its propaganda industry as entertainment, it has become a symbol of trends that have directed much of the US electorate to a president like Donald Trump. Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to LA is an extreme one, but, given that this city has experienced protests that turned into tragedies, the decision can be partially justified-beyond any Machiavelic plane to steal the elections (scheduled for more than a year).
But the most important thing is that the protests in LA are not a proof of the violation of the Constitution by the Trump administration, as well as the proof of the failure of the progressive policies applied by good decades in California. « The assimilation of immigrants in local communities was difficult. Unlike the African-Americans in the 1960s, the Immigrants of now come to a city that no longer offer them opportunities. The Latin Americans’ revenues in California, related to the cost of life, of housing, are the smallest in the whole country. They remain the prisoners of low incomes, including illegal immigrants who have been arrested in the last days, which has led to the outbreak of violence. Violets at Paramount Home Depot, a place where many immigrants work out, is something that can be repeated anywhere in the city« Writes Professor Joel Kotkin.
« These people deserve our respect, because they work and do not commit crimes. But there are also criminal elements that rob, steal the copper cables and leave portions of the city in the dark or seriously disrupt the public transport and so deficient. To the delight of people like Trump and the right -wing supporters, he reflects the failure of progressive government. With all the billions pumped in public services, the city is in budget crisis and builds fewer homes per capita than any other big American city. In the center at, once the heaven of investments, there is a skyscraper finished only in half, covered by graffiti and surrounded by camps of illegal immigrants and abandoned buildings. Some of them have been set on fire.
Nor does the political situation look good. Mayor Karen Bass does not seem to see the difference between legal and illegal immigration. Meanwhile, a member of the Democratic Socialists for America has been chosen in the City Council, which makes things even worse. Isabel Jurado is not satisfied only with the reduction of financing for the LA police, but wants to abolish the police.
No Political Personality in California dares to publicly support the application of immigration laws. The governor Newsom said that the intervention of the National Guard is not necessary, although buildings of the Californian government have been attacked. This reflects not only an ideological alignment, but also the influence of the largest political force in California – the unions of civil servants. Some of their leaders were accused of obstructing the application of immigration laws. But the press, led by Times, always resumes the narrative promoted by protesters, confusing journalism with activism.
This makes the second largest American city in chaos and decline, while the future is built elsewhere, where violence and political extremes are held in respect. Until Californian leaders will not have the will to restore the order, Los Angeles will be exactly the thing Trump needs: a school case for dysfunctions that feed its tough, but potentially effective strategy« , Writes Kotkin.
