Newsom vs Trump over use of National Guard
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Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
In a move that has prompted division, Trump ordered the California National Guard to quell the immigration protests, moving to deploy 2,000 soldiers to the Los Angeles area. “Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence,
Trump slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who previously called Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California “deranged.”
President Donald Trump sent in troops, but demonstrators have largely come face to face with local police instead