During an Invest in America event Monday, Trump forgot that Governor Gavin Newsom was in office in 2020 when he was asked why he changed his mind about never calling up the National Guard unless requested to do so.
Trump said he changed his mind because Gavin Newsom is an incompetent governor. Newsom was elected in November 2018, and sworn in January 2019.
Trump now admits he is purposely breaking the law by sending in the National Guard to Los Angeles, California with his comment about Newsom.
Reporter: In 2020, when you were talking about unrest in American cities, you said, quote, We have to go by the laws. We can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.
What changed now? Why is this situation different to not consult with Governor Newsom about?
TRUMP: Well, the biggest change from that statement is we have an incompetent governor.
So I talked about governors, but I didn’t talk about he’s an incompetent governor.
Look at the job he’s doing in California.
He’s destroying one of our great states.
And if I didn’t get involved, if we didn’t bring the guard in and we would bring more in if we needed it, because we have to make sure there’s going to be law and order.
You had a disaster happening and they now admit it was a disaster.
Trump has no power on the state level and thus cannot interfere with any state Governor no matter how much he hates them.
