Donald Trump declares he has 'unquestioned power' to deploy National Guard saying San Francisco is next' - FOGOLF

The U.S. President issued a chilling warning on Sunday morning stating that he has the “unquestioned power” to use the Insurrection ActDonald Trump issued a chilling warning about deploying the National Guard(Image: FOX)

Donald Trump chillingly declared he has “unquestioned power” to deploy the National Guard following escalating conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U.S. soil.

Trump claimed 50% of U.S. presidents “have used” the Insurrection Act law that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military nationally and to federalize the National Guard units.

He told Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, “Don’t forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that’s unquestioned power.

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“I choose not to, but I’m met constantly by fake politicians… these cities have to be safe.”

The president went on to reveal that San Francisco is next, suggesting he will “make it great again”. He said, “We’re gonna go to San Francisco. The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco. 15 year ago, it went woke.”

An ICE agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester in East Side, Chicago

It comes as the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area.

The emergency appeal to the high court came after a judge prevented, for at least two weeks, the deployment of Guard members from Illinois and Texas to assist immigration enforcement. A federal appeals court refused to put the judge’s order on hold.

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The conservative-dominated court has handed Trump repeated victories in emergency appeals since he took office in January, after lower courts have ruled against him and often over the objection of the three liberal justices. The court has allowed Trump to ban transgender people from the military, claw back billions of dollars of congressionally approved federal spending, move aggressively against immigrants and fire the Senate-confirmed leaders of independent federal agencies.

A government official throws a tear gas canister towards protesters in Chicago(Image: AP)

In the dispute over the Guard, U.S. District Judge April Perry said she found no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois during Trump’s immigration crackdown.

But Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top Supreme Court lawyer, urged the justices to step in immediately. Perry’s order, Sauer wrote, “impinges on the President’s authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property.”

Eleven people were arrested at a Friday protest outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview. Law enforcement had urged demonstrators to stay in designated “protest zones.”