Trump to visit North Carolina for Army celebration as he deploys National Guard to California

Danielle Battaglia, McClatchy Washington Bureau on Jun 9, 2025

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RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s visit to Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Army will come as the president is mired in controversies surrounding immigration raids in Los Angeles and his decision to deploy the National Guard without a request from California.

In North Carolina, protesters planned to gather in Raleigh and other parts of the state Monday in solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles, calling for an end to immigration raids.

Over the weekend, immigration officials detained dozens of people in the garment district of Los Angeles who were suspected of being in the country without permission. That led to protests from others who object to the actions of federal officials.

A timeline of events from The New York Times shows the majority of confrontations during the protests included throwing objects at police vehicles, kicking them or blocking highways until after Trump signed an order to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen from California to the city.

That’s when people set self-driving cars on fire and set off fireworks in the direction of law enforcement, who in return fired tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bang grenades, which law enforcement had used throughout the weekend.

It’s rare for a president to do deploy the National Guard without a request from a governor. The last time it happened was in 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement, when President Lyndon B. Johnson deployed the National Guard to Alabama.

Both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized the president, saying this move escalated the situation and that there wasn’t a problem until Trump got involved.

Newsom intends to sue the president.

Trump spent Sunday evening at Camp David and returned to the White House on Monday.

On Tuesday, he kicks off a weeklong celebration of the Army at Fort Bragg that begins at 4 p.m. and is open to the public. It’s his first visit to the base since taking office in January.

On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will continue the celebrations at Yorktown Battlefield Monument in Virginia.

This all culminates in a full day of events in Washington and a parade down Constitution Avenue followed by fireworks Saturday, Trump’s birthday. Protests of Trump are also expected around the country on Saturday, including in North Carolina.

Tickets for Trump's Fort Bragg visit are available at America250.org.

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