President Trump just announced that he’s instructed the National Guard members to respond to rioters with force if they spit on them, saying “If they spit, we will hit.”

Here’s what he wrote:

“If they spit, we will hit.” This is a statement from the President of the United States concerning the catastrophic Gavin Newscum inspired Riots going on in Los Angeles. The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others. These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration. IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!

Spitting is a form of assault and National Guardsmen definitely should not tolerate it, nor should any law enforcement. Trump is exactly right about this.