US President Joe Biden speaks about the protests over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza that have roiled US college campuses, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2024. Biden broke his virtual silence Thursday on the nationwide Gaza campus protests, saying the US was not authoritarian but insisting "order must prevail." The White House remarks comes after hundreds of police cleared a sprawling protest encampment overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, tearing down barriers and arresting students. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)