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Trump pulls out: 2,000 National Guard to withdraw from Los Angeles

Trump pulls out: 2,000 National Guard to withdraw from Los Angeles

Jason Weisberger
Jul 16, 2025
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Trump Administration senior leaker of classified war plans, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, announced victory while declaring retreat from Los Angeles. Half the deployed National Guard will be sent home. This was an expensive PR stunt and an experiment to see what they could get away with.

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secr…

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