Posted on 06/08/2025 1:23:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities. He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles.
Setting up a rare use of military force on domestic soil, President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Saturday night to send at least 2,000 National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles set off by his immigration crackdown.
Mr. Trump has long mused about using military force on domestic soil to crush violent protests or riots, fight crime and hunt for undocumented migrants — a move that his aides talked him out of during his first term. Between his two presidencies, he said that he would do so without the consent of state governors if he returned to power.
The order is a significant step in that direction, but for now it stops short of invoking the most expansive power Mr. Trump could claim a right to use. It remains unclear how matters will play out on the ground — and, potentially, in court.
Here is a closer look at the legal and policy issues.
What did Trump’s order do?
Mr. Trump called up National Guard troops to be put under federal control. He authorized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use troops to protect immigration enforcement agents, buildings and functions from interference by protesters. As justification, the White House cited recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles.
The order called for at least 2,000 National Guard troops to be deployed for at least 60 days. Mr. Trump also authorized Mr. Hegseth to use regular federal troops “as necessary” to augment the work of the federalized National Guard units.
The National Guard consists of state-based military forces, largely part-time troops who...
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“Protests”? Right.
They are "mostly peaceful," though.
Don't forget that part!
He is not suppressing protests. He is protecting the people being attacked while doing their job by foreign invaders.
No matter what Pres. Trump does the New York Slimes will paint it as unconstitutional.
Newsome doesn't remember Kent State...but Trump does.
It would be a real hoot if President Trump were to use troops to suppress that lying rag called the NYT, wouldn’t it?
When illegal alien criminals shut down American cities, “protests” is the wrong word.
Stopped reading at the Enemy Domestic NY Slimes
I was gonna say I didn’t bother to read this for two reasons: It’s NYT and their credibility is totally shot, and they non-credibly called the riots that we saw yesterday “protests”.
That right. We Americans don’t have a judiciary to appeal to. All will get is those fags and hags that has been weaponized by the DemonRATS. They hate Americans who try to make America Great Again. Their America Dream is for America to be a far-left Marxist, third world sewer run by sicko, sexually disoriented, Bolshies waving worthless College Attendance and Participation Certificates.
I read the actual order DJT signed. The NG is deployed to protect ICE agents and Federal property.
And the flags they’re waving are from “mostly peaceful” countries.
You have to get to the sixth paragraph to read “...use troops to protect immigration enforcement agents, buildings and functions from interference by protesters.” He’s not “Suppressing Protests” but rather protecting Federal personnel and property from violent protestors.
Suppress?
I think enough people can see the violence, and recall the recent violence, the frequency and level of it increasing, and that they are afraid, a large percentage of Americans are terrified at the violence and feel personally threatened while feeling fearful sympathy for the burning cities, I think people will support bringing order and legal compliance to public demonstrations.
Just declare Martial Law already. It is the only way to expel the Invader Illegal Aliens en mass.
Final Score
National Guard 4
Kent State 0
The people who wrote this would have been on the side of the tanks at Tienanmen Square.
The Washington Post and the New York Times raising the same issue at the same time. What a surprise. These Democrats in the news media have spent the last ten years trying to defeat Trump. Now they’re trying to screw up Trump’s efforts to stop a riot and protect Federal employees doing their job. The Democrat solution is to let anyone into the country, including terrorists and criminals.
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