Donald Trump Federal agencies US military See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow

It’s been evident for a long time that President Donald Trump is quite fond of the idea of dispatching the US military on domestic soil. It’s one of the outcomes that those who are wary of Trump’s more authoritarian tendencies fear most, because of the Pandora’s box it could open.

It appears he’s getting closer and closer to making that longstanding aspiration a reality.

Trump has floated this idea repeatedly over the years and has taken some bona fide steps toward it in his second term. That includes increasingly militarizing the border . And two months ago, he took a limited but significant step of sending not just the National Guard but a

See Full Page