Trump Administration Updates: President Abandons Effort to Deploy National Guard to 3 Cities

The Trump administration must return hundreds of California National Guard soldiers to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s control, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday. The troops were under the President’s command since he sent them to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.

Trump Administration Updates

The order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a win for Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, who has vigorously opposed President Trump’s moves to control California’s National Guard since he mobilized some 4,000 troops in June. While most of them were later withdrawn, some 300 troops have remained under federal control.

“I’m glad PresidentTrump has finally admitted defeat: We’ve said all along the federalization of the National Guard in California is illegal,” Mr. Newsom said in a statement on Wednesday. “We welcome our California National Guard service members back to state service.”

The decision follows last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court that Mr. Trump had inappropriately federalized the Illinois National Guard to respond to unrest over immigration crackdowns in the Chicago area.

That ruling cast doubt on the legality of the President’s deployment of National Guard troops in other cities as well, prompting the Ninth Circuit to ask the Trump administration why the California troops should remain under Mr. Trump‘s command. The federal government responded Tuesday by withdrawing its request to maintain control of California’s state-based forces while it appealed a lower-court ruling.

Earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he was,

Earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he was, for now, abandoning his attempts to deploy the Guard in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Ore. But he suggested that the administration may deploy them again in the future.

“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again — Only a question of time,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.

In the California National Guard case, the Trump administration has contended that the troops were needed in Los Angeles to protect federal property and immigration officers because local law enforcement was incapable of controlling civil unrest. The Justice Department also argued that the president could continue to command state-based military forces even months after intense demonstrations in Los Angeles had subsided.

But that amounted to an illegal “blank check” on the president’s power, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco ruled on Dec. 10. He directed the government to return control of federalized California National Guard troops to Mr. Newsom. The order was paused while the Trump administration appealed. On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit lifted the pause and maintained that order.

Where Things Stand

National Guard: PresidentTrump said Wednesday that he would for now abandon his efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. The president made his announcement shortly before a federal appellate court ruled that the Trump administration had to return hundreds of California National Guard soldiers to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s control. The Guard is still deployed in Washington, New Orleans and Memphis.

Trump vetoes:

PresidentTrump issued the first vetoes of his second term, drawing accusations of political vengeance as he rejected legislation that would have helped fund a water pipeline in Colorado, where he has publicly attacked state officials, and expanded land reserved for a Florida tribe that has sued the administration. In Colorado, a reliably Democratic state, his action drew bipartisan criticism and was seen as a major escalation of Mr. Trump’s recent campaign of retribution.

Boat strikes:

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for an undetermined number of survivors of an American military strike against several boats in the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon and Coast Guard said on Wednesday. It was the fourth known instance of people surviving, at least initially, one of 33 military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.

US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use soldiers for policing.

“We will come back, probably in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year’s Eve.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration withdrew its legal efforts to keep control of troops deployed in L.A. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump could not use troops in Chicago for domestic law enforcement.

Trump’s statement also mentioned Portland, Oregon, but not Washington DC, where troops remain on patrol.

Trump decision to order the deployment of National Guard troops to Democratic-run cities set off a series of legal cases challenging his authority to do so. The troops are normally under the authority of state governors.

Hundreds of soldiers had been sent to Chicago and Portland, but had not yet been assigned to patrol city streets, as the legal challenges played out in court.

Trump has said the soldiers are needed to enforce the law and crackdown on crime and illegal immigration. Critics deny that the troops are necessary, and accuse Trump of attempting an “authoritarian” crackdown, which threatens democracy.

The Supreme Court ruled last week in Trump v Illinois that the president did not have the authorization to send troops into Chicago.

Earlier on Tuesday, theTrump administration withdrawn a legal motion in California, seeking to keep the troops under Trump’s control.

California Governor Gavin Newsom praised the move, posting on

He said Trump’s announcement of a troop withdrawal from US cities “is the political version of ‘you can’t fire me, I quit.'”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson praised the Supreme Court ruling last week, saying telling MS Now “there is at least another branch of government that recognizes that the overreach by the president is a real threat to our democracy.”

President Donald Trump said he removed National Guard troops, for now, from Chicago, Los Angeles and Oregon, after legal roadblocks held up his push to deploy them in Democrat-led cities.
Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he was removing the Guard soldiers for now. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!” he wrote.

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