Lankford: Trump 'trying to de-escalate' by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said President Trump's decision to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area without a governor's signoff is an effort to "de-escalate" the situation.

"I think what President Trump's trying to do is pretty clear. He's trying to de-escalate all the tensions that are there," he said during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

He compared the situation to the 2020 protests in Portland, Ore., when monthlong demonstrations erupted after...