Newsom sues Trump over California National Guard deployment to Oregon

California governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday that he will continue the Trump administration for the deployment of 300 staff from the California National Guard in Oregon.

“We are continuing Donald Trump. His deployment of the California National Guard in Oregon is not a matter of crime. It is a power. He uses our soldiers as political pawns to build his own ego,” wrote Newsom in an article on X. “It is appalling. It is not American. And that must stop,” he added.

This decision comes one day after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy Troops from the Oregon National Guard in Portland.

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California governor Gavin Newsom looks at an invoice signature event on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

“In response to an order from the Federal Court which blocked its attempted federalization of the Oregon National Guard, President Trump deploys 300 members of the California National Guard personnel in Oregon. They are on the way,” a democrat, in a statement.

“This is a breathless abuse of the law and power. The Trump administration shamelessly attacks the rule of law itself and implements their dangerous words-ignoring the judicial orders and dealing with judges, even those appointed by the president himself, as political opponents.”

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A member of the Ohio National Guard Patrol 14th Street in Washington, DC, United States, on Saturday August 23, 2025. (Images of Valerie Plesch / Bloomberg / Getty)

The Attorney General of Oregon, Dan Rayfield, wrote on X that Trump is “hell on the deployment of soldiers” in American cities “absent from facts or authority to do so”.

“It is up to us and the courts to keep him responsible. This is what we intend to do,” added Rayfield.

A spokesperson for the Pentagon has returned questions about deployment to the White House.

The White House described the trial of “political theater”, the spokesman Abigail Jackson saying that Trump “exercised his legitimate authority” and accusing Newsom of standing with “violent criminals destroying Portland”.

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks to the office of the Center for American Progress on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The President’s pressure to deploy national guard troops on a national level has sparked repeated clashes with government and Democratic mayors.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was among the most vocal criticism, condemning Trump’s during the Trump’s progress to send troops to Chicago – an idea that the president has been promoting for weeks.

Trump also threatened to extend deployments to other cities, including Baltimore and New Orleans. Troops have already been sent to Los Angeles and Washington.