President Donald Trump said Monday that Los Angeles public officials were “afraid” to act as riots began to spread following a series of Immigration and Enforcement raids last week in the area.

“Some of the things you’re reading about in Los Angeles,” Trump said in his opening remarks at a roundtable with business CEOs at the White House, where they discussed a plan to create a new savings account for children born between Jan. 1, 2025, to Jan. 1, 2029, with a one-time deposit of $1,000 from the federal government.

“Thank goodness we sent out some wonderful National Guard,” Trump said in comments that aired live on the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform. “They’ve really helped. A lot of problems that we’re having out there. They were afraid to do anything, and we sent out the troops and they’ve done a fantastic job. So, I want to thank them very much.”

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