National Guard members and Marines, called to Los Angeles by President Trump to prevent violent protests, can otherwise only serve in support roles.

“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We will see,” he said.

We have not even seen “actual military violence” at this point. Keep that in mind when you argue that it doesn’t matter if this escalates further bc what else could Trump do, the answer is this.

  • @blazeknave@lemmy.world
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    83 days ago

    Tin soldiers and Nixon’s calling. We’re finally on our own.

    Anyone surprised didn’t just miss the last few months, they never picked up a history book. We haven’t had our tieneman sq but 4 kids is more than though.