Washington – President Trump showed restraint during his first term at the time when racial justice protests sabotaged cities across the United States in the depths of the pandemic. Threats to invoke the Uprising Act and the threat that the Federal National Guard never achieved.
This time, before Trump, there were less than 24 hours of isolated protests in Los Angeles County, more aggressive than ever to issue historic orders. “The federal government will step in and resolve the issue,” he said on social media on Saturday night.
This is the latest expression of the power the president releases from traditional parameters, which does not care about the rights of the state or the proportion of his actions. According to the vice president, the goal in democratic cities in democratic countries is to intentionally take political courses from Los Angeles.
The speed of escalation and the federal government’s reluctance to delay local law enforcement in cooperatives have raised questions about the government’s response to protesters. The government skipped a defined responsive selection class, such as strengthening U.S. Marshal Services and Federal Protection Agency personnel to protect federal prisons and property, and then asked if the country might need to deploy the National Guard deployment.
Local officials are aware that they do not want or need federal aid. They fear Trump’s violent reaction could escalate a series of isolated, fierce conflicts, including hundreds of people falling into larger law enforcement challenges that could trek into the city.
The president’s historic deployment has prompted local Democratic officials to be angry, warning of state rights violations. “It’s not because of a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle,” Trump Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
“Don’t give them one,” he said.
Vice President JD Vance called anti-ICE protesters “insurrections” and welcomed political overturning, saying: “Half of the political leaders in the United States decide that border enforcement is evil.”
The scale and location of protests against ICE agents on Friday and Saturday are limited. Dozens of people protested against the lightning attack outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Friday afternoon, some clashed with agents and destroyed buildings. LAPD authorized the so-called deadly ammunition to a small group of “violent protesters” after concrete was thrown at a military officer. The protests are paid before midnight.
On Saturday, outside a home warehouse, protesters chanted “Ice Home” and “No justice, no peace.” Some protesters shouted at the deputies and deployed a series of lightning grenades.
“What are you doing!” a man screamed.
Times reporters witnessed federal agents lifting multiple rounds of flash and pepper balls at protesters on their bodies.
Despite the limited scale of violence, by Saturday night, the Trump administration embraced the visuals of a city, compelling federal law and order in chaos.
“The Trump administration has zero tolerance for crime and violence, especially when violence is targeted at law enforcement trying to do work,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday night. “These criminals will be arrested and quickly brought to justice. The commander-in-chief will ensure that U.S. laws are fully and fully enforced.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement Saturday that the government is ready to further develop the active U.S. Marines to deploy the second largest U.S. city. “This is a strange behavior,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom replied.
Trump’s decision on Saturday used a seldom-used mandate, calling on the National Guard, without a clear historical precedent. President Lyndon Johnson quoted Chapter 10 in 1965 to protect civil rights marchers during protests in Selma, Alabama, but fears local law enforcement would refuse to do so on their own.
By contrast, this weekend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it is working fully with federal law enforcement. “We are planning for a prolonged civil unrest and working with law enforcement partners,” the department said in a statement.
The number of people calling for 2,000 guards to hold responsibilities is designated by local authorities as many broader protests that broke out after George Floyd’s 2020 murders.
President’s so-called border tsar Tom Homan told Fox News Saturday night that the government “already ahead of the game” in planning the National Guard deployment.
“It’s about enforcing the law, and again, we won’t apologize for it,” he said. “We are stepping up.”
The National Guard began arriving in Los Angeles Sunday morning to deploy around federal buildings in Los Angeles County.
“If California Governor Gavin News Library and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass can’t get the job done, the federal government will step in and resolve the issue,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth.
