President Donald Trump has authorized deploying another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, U.S. officials told the Associated Press on Monday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the new deployment, which was ordered hours after he sued Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for federalizing the first 2,000 California National Guard troops to be sent to L.A. over the governor’s objection.
“This isn’t about public safety. It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego,” Newsom wrote in a post on X.
“This is Reckless. Pointless. And Disrespectful to our troops,” the Democrat wrote.
CNBC has requested comment from the White House.
Earlier Monday, the Defense Department mobilized 700 U.S. Marines to L.A to support Guard troops already deployed there in protecting federal personnel and property during protests over federal immigration enforcement actions.
The mobilization of the Marines from their base in Twentynine Palms, California, is temporary, to give time for additional National Guard troops to arrive, NBC News reported.
Newsom said that the first 2,000 National Guard troops that Trump ordered deployed to L.A. on Saturday night were “given no food or water.”
“Only approx. 300 are deployed — the rest are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders,” Newsom wrote in a tweet.