The US federal building was surrounded, and demonstrators dared to throw smoke bombs and incendiary bombs at the police. Why has the domestic situation escalated to this level? Can the "rebellion" be quelled by ordering the dispatch of troops?
This massive demonstration took place in Los Angeles, which was caused by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau arresting dozens of people on suspicion of violating immigration laws, which directly ignited the anger of local people who were already dissatisfied with Trump's immigration policy. A protest demonstration swept across many places in Los Angeles began.
From the reports of local media, the protesters' actions were relatively mild in the early days, and they only sprayed slogans at police cars, throw eggs at law enforcement officers and insulted them loudly. There has been no excessive behavior that endangered the lives and safety of law enforcement officers. However, as several major departments of the U.S. government ended and law enforcement actions became increasingly excessive, the actions of the demonstrators also escalated. It has reached the point of throwing smoke bombs and incendiary bombs at the police. There are even rumors that more than 1,000 "thugs" surrounded and attacked a federal building.
The incident has reached this level, and the Trump team that formulates immigration policies obviously cannot sit idly by. Stephen Miller, deputy director of the White House Office, conveyed his official position on social media, characterizing the Los Angeles demonstration as "an act of insurgency against American law and sovereignty", and stressed that Trump has signed a memorandum to deploy 2,000 National Guard personnel to Los Angeles to maintain order. U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegsey then followed up, saying that if the violent demonstrations continue, the active Marine Corps will also be mobilized to join the "anti-insurgency" operation.
But to be honest, this pointed-minded method of fighting against wheat may not have any practical effect except to arouse greater anger among the local people. First of all, local forces in Los Angeles do not buy Trump's accounts. His mayor Karen Bass strongly condemned the federal authorities' raids, believing that these actions caused great panic in the community; and 11 of the 15 members of the Los Angeles City Council issued a joint statement condemning the actions of the federal immigration agency as an "untolerable escalation."
Secondly, California Governor Newsom also rose up and made a big fuss to seize the potential trends of the US military. He extended the remarks of Defense Secretary Hegsseth as “to confront one’s own citizens on the U.S. land” and criticized it as a show. Since the defeat of the general election, the Democratic camp has never found a way to restrain Trump. The chaos caused by the arrest of illegal immigrants is an opportunity for the Democratic Party to wait for many months. The Democratic Mesozoic power led by Newsom will definitely not give up.
Because no matter what, the Trump administration has made tightening immigration policies one of the core policies of his second term, which is an irreconcilable contradiction with the Democratic Party's immigration concept. Sooner or later, the two sides will have a head-on confrontation; and this Los Angeles "rebellion" Trump is very indebted. You should know that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau arrested more than 100,000 people this week. In order to make up the numbers, these law enforcement officers even arrested legal residents, which aroused widespread legal doubts. This is the tool for the Democratic Party to launch an attack.
In short, the reason why this Los Angeles riot has developed to this scale and forced the White House to consider using the military is essentially because the differences between the two parties on immigration policies are difficult to reconcile, and all parties must take advantage of this effort to gain more political benefits.
Even if Trump finally made up his mind to "turn the gun inward", the army might not be completely on his side. After all, the Capitol Hill riots and Trump's counterattack afterwards have already made many US military leaders feel scared, and they are unlikely to take the blame for the Trump administration because of immigration issues.
What Trump should worry about most now is whether history will repeat itself. The "Black Lives Matter" movement broke out in the last year of his term, which directly caused Trump's image in the minority group to plummet, which in turn affected the trend of the election. This riot in Los Angeles also has the possibility of spreading across the United States. What should I do with the Republican midterm elections? Trump needs to calm down and think about it now.
