Pres. Trump says National Guard will stay in L.A. “until there’s no danger”

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the California National Guard will remain deployed at immigration protests in Los Angeles “until there’s no danger.”

“When there’s no danger, they’ll leave,” said the president. “You would have had a horrible situation had I not sent them in.”

The president also continued to defend his decision to deploy the 4,000 National Guard and 700 U.S. Marines.

“If we didn’t send out the National Guard, and last night, we gave a little additional help, Los Angeles would be burning right now,” said the president.

Hours after his comments, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s attorney general Rob Bonta asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines.

“Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President. We ask the court to immediately block these unlawful actions,” said Governor Newsom in a news release about the order.

In Washington, many Democrats also spoke out against the mobilization of troops, saying it is political and is meant to instill chaos.

“Trump created this political distraction to divide us and keep our focus away from his policies that are wreaking havoc on our economy and hurting working families,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, (D-CA). “He’s not keeping us safe. He’s not restoring order. He’s ratcheting up the tension.”

The National Guard mobilization came after protests started last week in response to immigration raids in Los Angeles.

A Pentagon official also said Tuesday that the deployment of the National Guard and Marines will cost $134 million dollars and is estimated to last 60 days.

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