Despite comments made by Donald Trump just now (“we’ll see”), the US military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city, a US official has told Reuters.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a battalion would be sent, but for now, the Insurrection Act is not expected to be invoked.
The official added that the situation was fluid and could change.
The military fights wars, not unarmed protestors. Trump just declared war on our own citizens.
This is pretty much why Trump wants US withdrawal from the international stage, so he can use the military against its own citizens.