Tuesday 10/June/2025 – 08:06 AM
California Governor Gavin Newsum, on his account on Monday, posted pictures of the National Guard soldiers who were published by US President Donald Trump, as they slept on the ground, and said: “If someone is treated our soldiers with a lack of respect, then you are.”
“You sent your soldiers here without fuel, food, no water, and no place to sleep. The matter is not related to public safety, but rather by exploiting the arrogance of a dangerous president, this is a recklessness that is useless and does not respect our soldiers.”
He added: “He has served the American navy with honor through multiple wars in defense of democracy. They are heroes. They should not be published on American soil to confront their citizens to fulfill the dream of a dictatorial president.”
Earlier, the US Defense Ministry announced that Trump ordered the sending of two thousand additional elements from the National Guard to Los Angeles to address the ongoing protests in the city against its measures to combat illegal immigration.
The US military also confirmed that it would send 700 naval soldiers to Los Angeles to help protect federal employees and property.
A statement to the army said that the goal of sending naval forces is to “provide the task force 51 in sufficient numbers of forces to provide continuous coverage of the region.”
The deployment of soldiers in active service on American soil is an exceptional decision, and it has caused the concern of civil rights defenders.
The streets of the city were sprawling of 4 million quiet people on Monday morning, but the smell of smoke was still stuck in the air in the center of the city, a day after crowds closed a main highway and set fire to self -driving cars, while the police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and sound bombs.
The security presence was thick, as police cars closed the street in front of the Federal Displacement Center, which was the focus of the protests.
Trump’s comments
The US president said he did not want a civil war, adding: “I feel that I had no other option to spread the National Guard in Los Angeles, and I think I did the right thing.”
Trump pointed out that Los Angeles’s protests “could have led to a rebellion.”
