Trump’s Deployment of Troops to L.A. Protests Is a Do-Over of 2020

President Trump was talked out of deploying the military to crush the George Floyd protests in 2020. He always regretted it.

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U.S. Argues Against Any Court Order Restricting Use of Troops in L.A.

The filing by the Justice Department came ahead of a hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Federal District Court.

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Suggesting More Troops in More Cities, Trump Bends Military’s Role

President Trump has expanded domestic use of the armed forces, testing the limits on involving troops at protests and the border.

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Marines Deployed by Trump Over Newsom’s Objections Arrive in LA Area

Hundreds of Marines arrived in the L.A. area, the U.S. Northern Command confirmed on Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has said deploying them on U.S. soil was illegal.

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Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration

The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.

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Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to Help Secure Border

The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly to small numbers of active-duty soldiers and reservists.

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