Solid escalation – Trump sends the National Guard to protests in LA

States normally have control over the national guard in the United States. A use of the guard on the president’s command marks a huge escalation. The Democratic governor of the state of California, Gavin Newsom, fiercely protested Trump’s procedure.

Governor accuses Trump “spectacle”
With this step, Newsom stated that the Republican government deliberately warms up the situation and accepts a new escalation. Such an obligation is not the task of the National Guard of the State “and will shake the trust of the public,” warned the Democrat. There is no lack of security forces that the federal government just wanted to organize “a spectacle”. He appealed to the demonstrators of staying peaceful and not a pretext for the government.

Governor Newsom’s Message:

The National Guard is a military reserve unit and part of the US forces. Each state has its own national guard, which can be used in forest fires, hurricanes, floods or unrest. It is then under the command of the respective governor. If there are war or national emergency situations, the US president can take the order. In total, the United States has more than 325,000 national guards.

American Vice President JD Vance commented on the protests on the short news platform X:

Hegseeth is considering the use of the American Marines
“In writing that wear and tear foreign flags attack immigration officers, while half of America’s political leadership has decided that border protection is bad,” said American vice -president JD Vance about X. Trump’s border commissioner Tom Homan told Fox News that the National Guard arrives in Los Angeles on Saturday).

The American Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth also considered the use of the American Marines to support the police against the demonstrators. “The @Deptofdefense Mobilizes the National Guard immediately to support the federal police in Los Angeles. If violence holds, active Marines in Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized – they are in the highest alert,” he wrote to X. In the official announcement, the National Guard said 60 days or as long as the defense minister.

The US Senator speaks of “unprecedented” step
One of the two American senators in California, Adam Schiff, called the use of the national guard against the will of the governor “unprecedented”. So that chaos must be donated and an escalation is created. He called up to an end of violence – there was nothing “what President Trump would like more than violent collisions with demonstrators” to justify the use of the army or a form of war law, the ship warned on X.

Trump Disongert Californian Governor Derb
Immediately before the explanation of the Weißen House, Trump had already threatened to intervene in the federal government. If Governor Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass have not made up for her jobs, the government will intervene and solve the problem with “unrest and looting,” the president wrote on his social platform. Instead of using the correct last name of the governor, Trump described him in his position as a “newspaper lime” – a game on words with the English term “scum”, which means “scum” in German.

Protests since Friday – Use of tear gas
In the Los Angeles area, there were protests against operations since Friday due to the ice protection. They wanted to arrest migrants – apparently to implement the goal of the president to deport more people. The White House spoke about “normal deportation inserts”. The security forces gave the protesters in full gear with plates and helmets, and tear gas were also used.

Mayor Bass and the local police were distinguished from the ice missions and, as usual, do not want to collaborate with the federal authority in their responsibility area to make deportations possible. This is how many cities that are controlled by Democrats behave in the United States – while the Republicans want to implement the masses announced by Trump portations.