Maybe Donald Trump just wants to play. However, he played in “Czarny Peter” with Elon Musk, he stopped enjoying, and he doesn't feel like a Russian roulette with her friend Vladimir Putin. In search of companions for a quarrel, the US President inevitably reappears on his favorite opponent – Gavina Newsoma.
The democratic head of the government of California is the salt in Trump's eye because he promises undocumented immigrants to protect against American immigration services. At the beginning of the week, the dispute between them escalated. Trump threatened everything he could. However, the US president is not able to force his opponent Newsoma to surrender. Unless he reaches for an extreme tool in the presidential arsenal.
Important: soldiers in Los Angeles are now only to protect ICE agents while performing their work, not to arrest demonstrators. Gavin Newsom sued Trump's government for interfering with the internal affairs of California.
Newsom, one of the favorites of the Democrats in the presidential race in 2028, puts on warrior statements on television. “Trump must withdraw” – he demands in Prime Time [najlepszym czasie antenowym] on all channels. Trump is furious on his social profiles: “If they spit, we will beat” – threatens at Truth Social. “Let's send the army!”
In the power game with the newsom, Trump has little to say. California from state funds is almost impossible due to the applicable expropriation regulations. The arrest of Newsoma lies beyond Trump's competences.
The governor of California laughed at Trump and gains an advantage in fighting him. “It will help Gavin – especially if he is arrested”
Pursuant to the 10th amendment to the Constitution, Trump cannot even directly force California to enforce American immigration regulations. He can only send his FBI agents or sue California to court.
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California Gavin Governor during a press conference at McClellan Airport in Sacramento, California, USA, April 24, 2025.
It has not been in 60 years
The only direct means that Trump remains against the “insurgents” in California is the announcement of the state of 1807. It would be an extremely dangerous move.
This act allows the US President to use the army in the United States, but only if at least one of three conditions is met: the government of the state must ask for help in suppressing the uprising. The uprising must actually lead to a lack of public order in the region. Or the inhabitants of the region must be deprived of civil rights.
There are historical examples of the announcement of a state of emergency. Abraham Lincoln applied it in 1861 to declare war to the Southern States in which there was slavery. Los Angeles also has experience with this act. In 1992, the government of California turned to US President George HW Bush for help in mastering street fights.
It has already happened that the president without a request for help from the state introduced a state of emergency. Recently, it took place 60 years ago, when Lyndon B. Johnson sent soldiers to Alabama to protect the group of defenders of civil rights against racist crowds.
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Gavin News would come out victorious
Trump will not be a phoenix reborn from the ashes of the uprising, only his eternal “partner partner” Newsom. The duel with Trump gives California aura of a bold man. This affects democratic voters, and probably also on Republicans critical of Trump. The US president seems to be aware of this. It is very possible that this is why this dispute will expire before it comes to a real fight, and Trump will look for another “friend to play”.
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