Is the United States on the Brink of Civil War?
By now everyone is aware of the protests and rioting that occurred in Los Angeles over the weekend, due to ICE arrests and activities in LA starting Friday morning.
I have been monitoring these events through the weekend, but did not want to comment or write anything until today, Monday, June 9th.
The reason I waited is because I wanted to see if these riots would continue into the work week, to judge how widespread and serious they were. It was most definitely serious over the weekend, where protesters shut down the 101 freeway, and set several Waymo self-driving taxis on fire.
And of course, the big news was that Trump was calling in the National Guard to deal with the rioting.
But as of today, it appears that things are mostly back under control, as mass transit systems were up and running, people were driving to work, and all public schools in LA were open today.
This was obviously a planned event designed for a specific purpose, perhaps to try and incite riots that would quickly spread to other cities, such as the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020, also under Trump during his first presidency.
One of the most controversial actions of the weekend was the Trump Administration deploying the California National Guard to the protests, bypassing the California Governor Gavin Newsom in doing so.
The Trump Administration called a meeting with military leaders, whom Trump said included “generals and admirals”, at Camp David Sunday night, which he claimed was a more secure place to meet than the White House.
He held a brief impromptu press conference with just a few reporters before heading to Camp David last night, and responded to one reporter that they were planning on deploying military troops “everywhere” in the United States.