Didn't seem to have the power to use troops to defend the Capital of the United States; that should answer thw question about whether or not he needs a Governor's approval to deal with relativelt peaceful protests in LA. Trump is using National Guard troops to create the most violent confrontation he can engineer because he's looking for an excuse to declare Marshall law and a military coup with him, of course, President for life, which I must admit, I don't pray at night for it to be long.

"..rioting, arson, and potentially lethal attacks on law enforcement agents in California. Those, however, are muted by the left's longstanding endorsement of political violence and illegal immigration."

The insurrection in the Capital and the associated hunts for Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi with the spoken intentions by the insurrectionists to kill them happened and forever changed the definition of political violence from an angry protester throwing a rock to an actual attenpt to overthrow the government and Trumo dealt with it by watching TV in the dining room of the White House while ignoring multiple requests that he call out the National Guard which he just ignored. Now with relatively minor crimes ov violence being successfully dealt with bu local police who have not asked for National Guard back-up, Trump does everything he can to escalate the violence because that will give him an excuse to declare Marshall Law and begin rounding up troublemakers like journalists, politicians ans everyone else that dares to challenge the legitimacy of his dictatorial powers. The only people he's fooling now are people who don't pay attention to what's going on and his MAGA followers who are fine eliminating the Constitition and the rule of law.