Trump threatens to cut funding from California troop deployment

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By CRISTIANO LIMA 04/19/2018 12:27 PM EDT

President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to cut off federal funding for the deployment of California's National Guard if Gov. Jerry Brown insists that the troops "do nothing," an apparent jab at the state official's insistence that they not perform immigration enforcement duties.

Brown on Wednesday mobilized 400 members of the state's National Guard to fight gangs and smugglers as part of the president's push to beef up border security. The California governor said that federal authorities agreed to fund the plan, which he announced last week, but that the troops would not enforce immigration policy.

"Governor Jerry Brown announced he will deploy 'up to 400 National Guard Troops' to do nothing," Trump tweeted. "The crime rate in California is high enough, and the Federal Government will not be paying for Governor Brown’s charade. We need border security and action, not words!"

The president directed federal officials earlier this month to send troops to the border in a push to curb illegal immigration. Trump later revealed that as many as 4,000 guard members could be tapped to assist Border Patrol agents as part of the effort.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/19/trump-california-troop-funding-537369

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. By logical extension,

Trumpy should defund all of his White House budget because they, too, "do nothing."

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. My country is under attack from Putin and his paid soldiers including the moron in the WH

Now they want to arrest McCabe, I hope everybody is VERY Mad

[silverweb]

3. Simple answer, Governor:

Don't send our National Guard troops to the border.

If shithead wants to withhold funding, withhold our participation.

[still_one]

4. I really hope that POS who occupies the WH receives his just deserts. He is a f**king maggot

[OregonBlue]

5. He's even worse. He's enough to gag a maggot.

[RandomAccess]

6. Somehow I think he'd lose this one in court if it comes to that