Trump's Executive Order Expands National Guard Role in Domestic Unrest
TL;DR
President Trump issued a directive calling for a broader role for the National Guard in managing domestic unrest, amid efforts to assert control over Washington D.C. and discussions about deploying troops to other major U.S. cities.
- 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's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts ABC News
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