Overview of Trump and National Guard Deployment in 2025

In 2025, during his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard and other military forces to American cities as part of a mass deportation campaign focused on immigration enforcement. This legal connection between Trump and the National Guard centers on his administration's use of military personnel to address domestic policy objectives, a move that has drawn significant attention due to its legal and political implications. The deployment was verified through multiple credible sources, including official government announcements and military records.

Timeline and Evidence of Military Deployment

The deployment of the National Guard and other military branches began in 2025, following Trump's inauguration and the signing of the Laken Riley Act, the first bill of his second term, which aimed to strengthen immigration enforcement. Trump also invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to justify the use of military forces for domestic immigration operations. On Day One of his term, he rescinded sensitive-location protections, further enabling enforcement actions in previously restricted areas. Military presence was notably significant in cities like Los Angeles, where 700 Marines and approximately 2,100 National Guard troops were stationed, and at the U.S. border, where troop numbers tripled to around 7,600 across all military branches. NPR reported that these deployments were planned years in advance, indicating a long-term strategy for such operations. However, a federal judge ruled that the Los Angeles deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the use of federal military personnel for domestic law enforcement, highlighting legal challenges to these actions.

Additional actions by Trump during this period included issuing an executive order on birthright citizenship, which was subsequently blocked by all courts and is set for a Supreme Court hearing in April 2026. In January 2026, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, further escalating concerns about military involvement in domestic affairs. Following the Good and Pretti killings in 2025, Trump publicly stated that the incidents "should not have happened," though the context of this statement remains tied to broader immigration rhetoric.

Significance to The Big Lie Narrative

While the deployment of the National Guard in 2025 is not directly tied to the events of the 2020 election or the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, it intersects with the broader narrative of The Big Lie—the false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Trump's use of military forces for domestic policy enforcement reflects a continuation of his administration's pattern of leveraging executive power to address perceived crises, a theme resonant with the rhetoric of distrust in democratic institutions that fueled The Big Lie. The legal disputes surrounding these deployments, particularly the violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, underscore ongoing tensions about the limits of presidential authority, a central issue in the aftermath of the 2020 election controversies and related prosecutions.