https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/military-trump-los-angeles-analysis
The country hangs on a hugely significant precipice, as President Donald Trump moves toward making good on his long-running suggestions of an extraordinary step: deploying the military on US soil.
About 700 Marines have now been mobilized to join the National Guard in Los Angeles to deal with demonstrations over federal immigration raids, CNN reports. The Marines were previously on “ready to deploy” status. (It is still unclear what their specific task will be once in Los Angeles, sources told CNN. And like the National Guard troops, they are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity such as making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act.)
But to hear the White House tell it, this show of force is not just the right thing to do but also a political winner.
Tell you what, let's go 30 days with no violent protests and see if he calls in the army anywhere.
ReplyDelete