He is 100% not going to do anything. Oh he may say he will but they will never field a single candidate and support Republicans to the hilt. This is at best a way for him to grift
Stop calling it fucking deportations. This is remanding people to gulags in other countries they are not from and as best as we know, have to way to ger out of or to be returned to the countries they came from. They have sentenced these people to death half way around the world because the US has become a fucking monster
No its not to distract from Musk. He is lowballing deployment so if/when it doesnt work and he deploys the actual Army or Marines it will seem "reasonable". He is 100% looking for a reason to fuck California hard and will get it.
He gave people permission to say and act on their most vile thoughts.