Soon after scattered protests broke out in Los Angeles on Friday in the wake of federal immigration raids, President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom spoke by phone. Trump never mentioned any federal response,

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would deploy additional National Guard troops to California if necessary, just hours after expressing support for the arrest of Governor Gavin Newsom. The escalating conflict between Trump and the Democratic governor centers on immigration protests that shook Los Angeles over the weekend.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”