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Trump deployed troops to Los Angeles without invoking the Insurrection Act. Can he do that?
As President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom battled over the federal government deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, the Trump administration also sent in U.S. Marines.
“Well, we’re gonna have troops everywhere,” Trump told reporters June 8.
When asked about the standard for deploying active duty military, which is unusual, Trump said, “The bar is what I think it is. I mean, if we see danger to our country and to our citizens, uh, we’ll be very, very strong in terms of law and order.”