Militarized LA: troops here to stay as Trump doubles down on deployments

Dust settles after impassioned protests but military presence unnerves California leaders - and threatens to inflame already tense situation

Shortly before last November's presidential election, before anyone could envision him defying his America first" political base and launching a bombing raid on Iran, Donald Trump offered a preview of how and why he would want to deploy the military on US soil.

It was, the president said, to deal with the enemy within".