On Truth Social, the US president writes that federal forces should not "under any circumstances" help "several poorly run, Democrat-run cities" with law enforcement and protests until the cities explicitly ask for help.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the federal Border Patrol, led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), have been instructed to "vigorously" protect federal buildings that are "attacked by paid madmen," Trump writes.
"It will not be spit in their faces," he writes. If it does, "these people will suffer the same or even worse consequences."
Local and state property, however, is now solely the responsibility of local governments to protect, Trump writes.
If local governments cannot handle "anarchists," DHS forces will immediately take action if asked, he writes, continuing:
"To all the local governments, governors and mayors complaining, let us know when you're ready and we'll come - but before we do, you have to use the word 'please'."
