Pentagon readies active-duty troops for possible Minnesota deployment
TL;DR
The Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers from Alaska’s 11th Airborne Division to prepare for a potential deployment to Minnesota to support local law enforcement, with additional units likely to join for logistics. The troops are Arctic-trained and not suited for crowd control, and the move signals a tougher stance after Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act amid Minneapolis protests. Minnesota Gov. Walz has mobilized the National Guard but has not deployed it, and no deployment has been ordered yet.
- Trump orders active duty troop to prepare for Minnesota deployment Politico
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says it would be a 'shocking step' for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act NBC News
- Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment PBS
- U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota NPR
- Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor says WRAL
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