California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused President Donald Trump of deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles “without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep,” amid a bitter row between the two leaders.
In a social media post on Monday, Newsom shared two images showing several National Guard members sleeping on the floor. He claimed Trump was “treating our troops disrespectfully.”
“You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep. Here they are – being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another,” Newsom wrote on X.
The pair have been embroiled in an escalating row after Trump deployed around 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Sunday following three days of protests against immigration raids.
Trump’s decision marked the first time in 60 years that a president had activated the National Guard to a state without a request from its governor.
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