​Trump takes on the LA protesters and Elon Musk

Donald Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 national guard troops against demonstrators protesting against widespread immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles has been criticised as the ‘act of a dictator’. Washington DC bureau chief David Smith tells Nour Haydar why the US president’s attack on the protests is a diversion from his feud with billionaire Elon Musk You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport