Trump wants to free Los Angeles, heading for Democrats

Los Angeles, BRATISLAVA. For US President Donald Trump It is a controversial way to demonstrate military power in a state controlled by Democrats.

However, the profession of units of the National Guard in Los Angeles against the riots induced by the raid of federal agents of the immigration and customs office (ICE), however CNN lead to an even more aggressive step of Trump’s administration.

Thousands of furious Los Angeles residents filled the streets of the city on Sunday, blocking the highway and screaming « We are not afraid! » The Guardian.

Trump, who, according to experts, is trying to extract political capital from the situation, defends his response to events in California. « The order will be restored, illegal immigrants will be expelled, Los Angeles will be exempted, » said Truth Social on Sunday.

To this struggle president by diary The New York Times He waited as he is fighting for his political agenda in a democratic state. Trump by circumventing the powers of California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass deliberately pushes the boundaries of his powers to establish more sharp governance.

Break -up of standards

The Californian authorities did not ask the federal government over the weekend to help them calm the situation in the riots. However, Trump’s administration portrayed demonstrations as an existential threat to the US and called to suppress protests against the deportation of immigrants of the National Guard unit. However, this led to a wave of new protests.

With an increasing number of demonstrators, Trump’s statements were also increasing. He said on the social network that Los Angeles was attacked and occupied by violent insurgent crowds. He later ordered his cabinet to free Los Angeles from the invasion of migrants.

The law enforcement authorities used both the protesters of the tear gas and rubber projectiles against the protestors over the weekend, while a few demonstrators attacked with fun pyrotechnics or Molotov cocktails.

With the passage of time, however, there were also rioters who burned electric cars and smashed shop windows. Trump immediately condemned the situation. “Bring the soldiers!” He wrote too.

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California’s governor News urged the protesters to keep peace, and to people who are involved in hooliganism reminded us that Trump only used them as an excuse to militarize the city and circumvent democracy.

Trump’s decision to send two thousand soldiers of the National Guard to Los Angeles is, according to The New York Times, the latest example of the willingness of the US President to break the standards to achieve his political goals and to bypass the restrictions of the office he holds.

At the same time, Trump criticized the Governor of the State Minnesot for a reaction to the protests that broke out after George Floyd’s death. Floyd died after the cop kneelled for nine minutes on his neck during the arrest.

Since then, Trump said several times that he will not hesitate to deploy units of the National Guard in the future. And although they have control of the National Guard troops usually the governors of the relevant states, the Trump administration has completely bypassed Newsom’s weekend. He subsequently accused the federal government of intentional evocation of chaos to escalate tension.

War with Democrats

In recent days, 118 people have been detained in Los Angeles. Protests against ICE come at a time when the US government is pushing to increase the number of immigrants detained, while Trump allegedly proposes up to three thousand arrests a day.

On Sunday, News sent a letter to the American Minister of Defense Peta Hegseth, in which he asked Trump to abolish the profession of the National Guard, saying that the federal steps are escalating the situation.

According to Democrats, growing demonstrations are the result of Trump’s own actions.

The New York Times points out that Trump uses the California -like procedure as it uses against American universities. Thus, like the Californian authorities, there is a risk of stopping funding from the federal budget.

At the same time, by sending soldiers without Newsom’s permission, Trump also increases his dispute with a Californian governor, one of the most important Democrats. CNN He states that it may be a warning for other democratic states that can be the victims of Trump’s administration if they are not working with the US President.

The US President has deployed the National Guard for the first time since 1992, when in Los Angeles the riots broke out after the liberation of four white police officers accused of a brutal attack on the black driver of Rodney King. At that time, former US President George HW Bush used the National Guard troops.

However, this is the first case since 1965, when the US President activated the National Guard without the request of the governor of the relevant state. This was the last time that former US President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard troops to Alabama to protect protestors for civil rights.

White House’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday that this was an essential step that prompted the failure of the California authorities to protect Federal ICE agents and their own citizens.

However, CNN adds that sending units of the National Guard to Los Angeles can also signal an effort to disguise the confrontation between US President and Billionaire Elon Musk or doubts about the bill, which, according to estimates of the Congress Budgetary Office, will increase the US deficit by more than two trillion dollars over the next ten years.

The situation is constantly intensifying Hegseth, who claims that the Trump government can send maritime infantry to the Los Angeles streets. This would be an illegal act if Trump did not apply the Uprising Act. However, Trump said on Sunday that he is not yet ready to make a similar decision to make a similar decision.