内容摘要：The government declared a seven-day national mourning period starting last Saturday, even though the PF announced one days earlier.

The government declared a seven-day national mourning period starting last Saturday, even though the PF announced one days earlier.

"He escalated immediately for reasons that are only political reasons. They are not reasons that are justifiable," said General Manner, who served as the acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.But the Trump administration maintains it took over California's National Guard to restore order, and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as they

ICE "has the right to safely conduct operations in any state, in any jurisdiction in the country", Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.Trump also posted that Newsom "was unable to provide protection in a timely manner" for ICE officers."If our troops didn't go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now," he wrote on TruthSocial on Wednesday.

But Newsom - a Democrat and outspoken critic of Trump - maintained that the state could handle protesters on its own. He called Trump's intervention a "brazen abuse of power" that inflamed a "combustible situation."On Thursday, a federal judge said Trump's deployment was illegal and ordered him to return control of the Guard to Newsom. That order is on hold as the government appeals against it.

The protests have continued for nearly a week and Los Angeles police have made hundreds of arrests, mainly for failure to disperse, but also for breaking curfew around downtown Los Angeles, posession of a firearm and assaulting a police officer.

Trump's decision to wrest control of the Guard from Newsom goes beyond past tough stances on protests, particularly in states led by Democrats."Go and get some more goals and impress the manager who is still new to the job."

Ex-England defender Lee Dixon added: "They will be getting pelters no doubt about that."When you are fourth [in the rankings] and they are 173rd you expect to beat them handsomely, but that wasn't the case."

Former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown agreed the performance was poor, but the priority was to get the job done in the bid for qualification to next year's finals."It was a big disappointment but they did the job and won the game," he said on BBC Radio 5 Live.