President Trump ordered deployment of 2,000 guard members over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said Trump wanted to create a "spectacle."

Donald Trump faced some dark and heavy accusations on Sunday after sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles to deal with protests over federal deportation operations. Among the darkest accusations was that the president hoped that sending in the troops would actually make the situation worse.

President Trump has long mused about using the military to crush protests in blue-state cities. He is now sending troops to Los Angeles.

But sending in the National Guard without a governor’s consent is extremely rare. The most recent comparable example comes from 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson federalised the Alabama National Guard to protect civil-rights marchers from segregationists.

The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.

Democrats in Congress and some military and law enforcement officials expressed concern about the plan, which Defense Department officials have not yet approved.

Col. Matthew Groves will take command of the Arkansas Air National Guard on June 6, succeeding Brig. Gen. William Leahy in a ceremony at LRAFB.