Trump ignited a fight with Newsom after deploying thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to quell demonstrations protesting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across the city. Trump has lashed out at Newsom, suggesting earlier this week that the sitting governor should be arrested.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge's order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them in response to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

JD Vance and Gavin Newsom traded barbs as anti-immigration raid protests in Los Angeles entered their fourth day. After President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that he would arrest the “grossly incompetent” Newsom if he were in border czar Tom Homan’s shoes,