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Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25
Marines and Guardsmen not Happy About being Deployed Trump’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Caine, Tells Senate United States is not, in fact, “being invaded by a foreign nation,”
![Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25
Marines and Guardsmen not Happy About being Deployed Trump's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Caine, Tells Senate United States is not, in fact, “being invaded by a foreign nation,”
Andrew Gumbel of The Guardian reported today that the National Guard troops and Madrines deployed to Los Angeles do not want to be caught in a political battle and are deeply unhappy about their position. Marine Corps veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who runs the Vet Voice Foundation, told Gumbel: “The overall perception was that the situation was nowhere at the level where marines were necessary.” Yesterday, Trump's hand-picked chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Lieutenant General Dan Caine, told the Senate that the United States is not, in fact, “being invaded by a foreign nation,” the argument Trump used to send Venezuelans to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador. Caine said: “[A]t this point in time | don’t see any foreign state-sponsored folks invading.” Asked by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) if there was “a rebellion somewhere in the United States,” he answered simply, “I think there’s definitely some frustrated folks out there.”](/proxy/post_attachment/1927090/da0114dc15.jpeg "Heather Cox Richardson 5/12/25
Marines and Guardsmen not Happy About being Deployed Trump's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lieutenant General Dan Caine, Tells Senate United States is not, in fact, “being invaded by a foreign nation,”
Andrew Gumbel of The Guardian reported today that the National Guard troops and Madrines deployed to Los Angeles do not want to be caught in a political battle and are deeply unhappy about their position. Marine Corps veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who runs the Vet Voice Foundation, told Gumbel: “The overall perception was that the situation was nowhere at the level where marines were necessary.” Yesterday, Trump's hand-picked chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Lieutenant General Dan Caine, told the Senate that the United States is not, in fact, “being invaded by a foreign nation,” the argument Trump used to send Venezuelans to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador. Caine said: “[A]t this point in time | don’t see any foreign state-sponsored folks invading.” Asked by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) if there was “a rebellion somewhere in the United States,” he answered simply, “I think there’s definitely some frustrated folks out there.”")