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President Donald Trump defended his decision to deploy military forces to Los Angeles during a speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, linking the move to national security and immigration enforcement. Trump claimed the protests in California represent a "full-blown assault" on U.S. sovereignty, accusing demonstrators of disrupting public order while carrying foreign flags.
The deployment includes 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops, aimed at protecting federal property amid ongoing protests over Trump’s hardline immigration policies. California officials, led by a Democratic administration, have sued to block the move, calling it an overreach and politically driven.
Trump’s remarks came during an event celebrating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. At Fort Bragg, renamed earlier this year back from Fort Liberty to honor WWII veteran Roland Bragg, the president blended military honors with campaign-style rhetoric, drawing applause for conservative positions and jeers at the media.
He also warned of a "very big force" against any protest at Saturday’s Washington parade, part of a larger week of patriotic celebrations coinciding with his 79th birthday. Despite Trump’s warnings, the FBI and local police report no credible threats to the event.
The president continues to spotlight the military in his second term, keeping its nearly $1 trillion budget intact while expanding its role in domestic enforcement, especially on immigration. Trump has ordered ICE to arrest at least 3,000 migrants daily and vowed to ramp up deportations.
While rare, domestic troop deployment during civil unrest is legal under certain conditions. The last significant use of the military in such a capacity was in 1992, during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Trump invoked similar justifications without formally declaring an insurrection.
