Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest The Washington Post Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities CNN National Guard mobilizing in 19 states amid immigration, crime crackdown Fox News When and why has the National Guard been deployed in the US before? Al Jazeera Trump Orders Major Expansion of National Guard’s Role …
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Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest – The Washington Post
Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest The Washington Post Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest The Guardian Trump wants Alabama-based military ‘reaction force’ to stop violence in cities, report states AL.com Trump Wants His Own Troops to Crush Unrest in U.S. Cities The Daily Beast Trump looking to create squad of 600 troops to …
Read More »National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom
They were deployed by the Trump administration to combat “violent, insurrectionist mobs” in and around Los Angeles, but in recent days the only thing many U.S. Marines and California National Guard troops seemed to be fighting was tedium. “There’s not much to do,” one Marine said as he stood guard outside the towering Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood this week. …
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