Ostensibly to quell anti-ICE protests, President Trump this week mobilized 700 Marines and another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. That’s on top of the 2,000 troops he sent over the weekend. The Atlantic’s David Graham calls the deployment a “gesture of authoritarianism.” We’ll talk to Graham and former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Juliette Kayyem about Trump’s intensifying efforts to assert executive power, the strategies at play and what the implications could be for our democracy.
Deployment of Marines and National Guard to LA Raises New Authoritarianism Concerns
Hundreds of protesters gather to demand an immediate end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raids, as the Trump administration continues its immigration raid operations in California, Los Angeles, United States on June 8, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Guests:
Juliette Kayyem, faculty chair of the Homeland Security Project, Harvard Kennedy School; senior national security analyst, CNN
David Graham, staff writer, The Atlantic
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