In more news from California, on Tuesday, a U.S. district judge declined California Governor Newsom’s emergency request to block Trump from sending in troops. The Pentagon is estimating it will cost $134 million to keep the National Guard and Marines in L.A. for the next 60 days. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was questioned Tuesday during a congressional hearing by Democratic Congressmember Betty McCollum.
Rep. Betty McCollum: “What training missions aren’t happening? Where are you pulling the money from? And how are you planning this in the — moving forward?”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: “So, we have the funding to cover down on contingencies, especially ones as important as maintaining law and order in a major American city. As far as training, all of the units on the ground have been fully trained in their capabilities of what they’re executing on the ground.”
During the hearing, Hegseth admitted that he did not know what legal authority Trump was using to deploy troops in L.A.