John Bolton dismissed the escalating back-and-forth between Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over the former’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles ― in response to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration ― as political theater.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.