The Guardian’s US live news editor in London, Chris Michael, on the president’s shock decision and what could happen next
When Donald Trump came to power it was on the promise he would enact mass deportations. His hard line on immigration was seen in raids, and rumours of raids, in LA last week. In response protesters took to the streets. Then on Sunday, the president took the almost unprecedented decision to deploy the national guard against the largely peaceful demonstrators.
The decision has sent shock waves through the political establishment. The Guardian’s US live news editor, Chris Michael, tells Lucy Hough how Bernie Sanders said it was authoritarianism in action, while the California governor, Gavin Newsom, has reacted furiously. Why did Trump take such drastic action and what could happen next?