In a dramatic escalation of his confrontation with the authorities of California, the president of the United States, Donald Trump prepared an order on Monday night with the 700 marines deployment in Los Angeles which will be added to another 2,000 National Guard military convened to quell the protests against the raids to undocumented immigrants.
After learning about the unusual decision of the White House, anticipated by security officials a la cadena CNN y a The New York Times the Californian governor, the Democrat Gavon newsom criticized the “Insane” measure of the “dictatorial” president. “The United States Marines have served honorably in multiple wars in defense of democracy,” Newsom published in X. “They should not be deployed on American soil facing their own compatriots to fulfill the insane fantasy of a dictatorial president. This is little American, ”he added.
Previously, the California government had presented a Judicial lawsuit against Trump’s government For having sent national guard troops to its territory without having the request of local authorities, something not seen in the last 60 years.
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.
This is un-American. pic.twitter.com/v5Va7hbgBb
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 9, 2025
The Marines would be deployed from their base on Twentynine Palms, in the southern desert of California, said the CNN. The Republican president also pointed out that He hopes to have “the support” of the governor of California Because, he said, he is the “great beneficiary if his problems are solved.”
Trump gave these statements after having expressed that he would support that Newsom (whom he calls New Scum, “new scum”) was arrested for its management of the situation, in an increase in dialectical escalation between them. Newsom has accused Trump of causing an “artificial crisis” in California and challenged the border tsar From the White House, Tom Homan, to arrest him after he said that local authorities can be arrested if they block the White House immigration policy.
The shipping of 700 Marines, which would join the two thousand National Guard agents in the second largest city in the country, could intensify tensions after four days of clashes between security forces and protesters who protest against deportations of migrants. Yesterday the streets remained calmer after shocks and repression with rubber bullets, hydrant cars and tear gas. There is At least 150 arrested In Los Angeles since Friday.
Trump described the protesters as “Insurgent”. Earlier, he had said for his social truth network: “It seems that things are really going wrong in sending them to the troop !!! stop hooded people, now.”
This Monday there were indications that The tension could be extended to other cities. In San Francisco, the Police reported more than 150 arrests in solidarity protests on Sunday. The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, told CNN that, although she condemned violence, it had been limited. “This is not about civil disturbances at the city level,” he said.
To display the Marines, Trump must invoke the law on insurrection. “This law is invoked when everything goes wrong,” lawyer William Banks told AFP. “If you declare the state of insurrection, SUS powers will be almost unlimited”.
Behind the legal aspect, The strip and loosen is very political. California is a Democratic bastion, targeted by the radical right for its progressive policies. But Trump seems to shake the issue as a resource to favor his anti -imigrant agenda amid clouds about the economic future after his controversial tariff war.