Deployed Troops Left With Nowhere to Sleep, Nothing to Eat

After being illegally deployed to California, troops got the Trump treatment that is usually reserved for rally venues and contractors. According to California Governor Gavin Newsom, the troops had been left without food or water in federal buildings.

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles under President Donald Trump's overreaching, unconstitutional, illegal orders are reportedly sitting idle and without clear directives, as clear pawns in a fascist political stunt.

Trump's decision to send 2,000 Guard troops to Los Angeles over the weekend in response to protests against aggressive ICE operations has been derided by most Americans. On Monday, Newsom said he was informed another 2,000 were en route, even though most of the first wave had not been mobilized.

"Only about 300 have been actively deployed, while the rest remained in federal buildings, "without orders," says Newsom. The governor said the troops had been left without food or water, and accused the White House of misusing military resources to bolster Trump's authoritarian image, leading up to his birthday dictator military parade.

"The first 2,000? Given no food or water. Only approx. 300 are deployed — the rest are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders," Newsom tweeted on Tuesday.

Trump's move came amid peaceful protests in the city, with his administration arguing the deployment was necessary to restore order, despite the fact that military and police presence is what caused the protests to escalate. The decision to also send 700 Marines has further fueled the flames, with Newsom calling the involvement of active-duty military personnel a violation of democratic principles.

"They shouldn't be deployed on American soil facing their own countrymen," Newsom wrote, blasting the move as "un-American."

The state's attorney general has since filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the deployment, arguing that the president overstepped his authority.

In addition to being unnecessarily deployed, there are now images of National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in LA. It is also reported that they are without food and water as well as lacking actual orders.

This strongman show of force is estimated to cost taxpayers $134 million.