ALBAWABA - US President Donald Trump is expected to deploy at least 500 Marines to Los Angeles to stop ongoing protests which erupted against federal immigration raids.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told ABC News on L. A. protests, "You know, one of our core principles is maintaining peace through strength. We do that on foreign affairs and domestic affairs as well. I don’t think that’s heavy-handed."
Hegseth threatened on Sunday to deploy Marines alongside the National Guard, which President Donald Trump had ordered to be deployed after signing a memorandum giving the Secretary of Defense the authority to "employ any members of the Armed Forces as necessary to reinforce, support, and protect federal property in any number he deems appropriate in his discretion."
The memo also showed that the administration seeks to deploy at least 2,000 National Guard members for 60 days or a period determined by Hegseth.
"The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE," Hegseth said in a post on X on Sunday.
Via Truth Social, Donald Trump posted about the Los Angeles protesters, describing them as "troublemakers and insurrectionists." He said, "These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists."
