Donald Trump said that the city of Los Angeles, where clashes between police forces and protesters against their migration policy were held, was invaded by “foreign enemies”, during a speech on Tuesday on a military base.
“We will not let an American city be invaded and conquered by foreign enemies,” said the US president, who ordered the deployment of federal soldiers in the Megapol Californian.
“What you see in California is a generalized assault against peace, public order and national sovereignty, led by protesters who transport foreign flags and aim to make a foreign invasion of our country,” said Donald Trump.
Did the National Guard request against the law?
When requesting for 60 days the National Guard against the will of the Governor of the State in question, the first since President Lyndon Johnson in Alabama (South) in 1965 to protect civil rights protesters, Donald Trump invoked a law on “rebellion or risk of rebellion against the authority of the United States government.”
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has appealed, accusing him of going beyond his powers. He asked the Justice to immediately suspend the presidential decision, in particular with the argument that none of the conditions established by the law is fulfilled.
These conditions are the invasion of a foreign power, or the rebellion against US institutions, or the inability for the President to enforce the laws by ordinary means at his disposal.
Questioned Tuesday at Congress about knowing which of these conditions corresponded to the situation in Los Angeles, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth replied: “People can have their own idea, but in my opinion every three.”
The law authorizes soldiers, thus, they mobilized to guarantee the protection of federal buildings, but not to achieve order maintenance missions.
Source: BFM TV
