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Donald Trump calls for troop deployment as unrest escalates in Los Angeles
- On June 8, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of thousands of California National Guard members along with several hundred Marines to Los Angeles in response to demonstrations prompted by federal immigration enforcement actions.
- Trump sent the troops using Title 10 authority without California Governor Gavin Newsom's consent, marking the first federalized deployment without a governor's approval since 1965.
- The deployments followed several nights of clashes, including protesters throwing bricks, setting fires, and blocking traffic during demonstrations against immigration enforcement policies.
- President Trump urged on Truth Social for military intervention in Los Angeles, expressing the situation there was worsening. He emphasized that the focus was on upholding the law and insisted there would be no regrets for taking such actions.
- The deployment intensified political tensions as Newsom vowed to sue Trump to block further troop deployments, while National Guard troops mainly supported ICE officers amid ongoing protests.
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Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of bypassing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to deploy that state’s National Guard troops in Los Angeles, claiming the miltiary presence is necessary to settle civil unrest that touched off amid aggressive immigration sweeps.
California Democratic leaders have been incompetent
Los Angeles is in the grips of riots and chaos over the arrests of illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump nationalized the California National Guard and sent the Marines to help bring these destructive demonstrations under control.
Thomas Newton: Good for the goose but not for the gander
It seems as though the person currently in charge of our military finds that it is necessary for him to send troops into California. It’s the right thing to do, he says. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot — when hundreds of of people were violently breaking down the doors to the U.S. Capitol, injuring 174 police and within 36 hours, five people died. Where was this head of our military man? Even at the pleas of his closest advisors and family …
Donald Trump's hasty decision to call in the National Guard to crack down on protests in Los Angeles has consequences for the soldiers. According to information from the San Francisco Chronicle, they are short of both supplies and equipment - and photos show how they are forced to sleep huddled together on a concrete floor. "If there is anyone who treats our troops disrespectfully, it is you Donald Trump," writes California Governor Gavin Newsom…
CNN’s Brownstein: Trump Sees LA as ‘Hostile Territory to Be Subdued’
Wednesday morning, The Situation Room aired CNN political analyst and Bloomberg opinion writer, Ron Brownstein, in order to talk about the ongoing situation in Los Angeles, California. Brownstein tried his best to create clear division between parties while downplaying the events of the riots and made President Trump the aggressor attempting to “subdue blue jurisdictions” by using the military.
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