Both The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times report morale problems for Trump's unneeded occupying force. "They gave Disneyland tickets to the people who worked in the wildfires," one soldier said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month,

President Trump mobilized the troops on June 7 in the wake of chaotic protests. They have remained in Southern California several weeks after most of the demonstrations had ended.