Lankford: Trump ‘trying to de-escalate’ by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said President Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area without a governor’s approval is an effort to “de-escalate” the situation. “I think what President Trump’s trying to do is pretty clear. He’s trying to de-escalate all the tensions that are there,” he said during an interview on NBC’s…
