Governor of California Gavin Newsom is locked in a war of words with Donald Trump as chaos continues to rage in Los Angeles amid widespread protests against the administration's efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
President Trump yesterday ordered an additional 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 US Marines to deploy to LA after 2,000 troops arrived Sunday.
The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state's National Guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration's mass deportation efforts.
Newsom, who many have tipped to make a bid for the presidency in 2028 as the Democratic candidate, has lambasted Trump on social media, accusing him of using the National Guard and Marines as political pawns - and even dared border authorities to arrest him.
'U.S. Marines have served honorably across multiple wars in defense of democracy. They are heroes. They shouldn't be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen to fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President.
