An increasingly power-crazed President Donald Trump wants a specialized force of U.S. troops to be ready around the clock to quell whatever he deems as unrest across America.
A plan being weighed by the Pentagon would designate 600 National Guard soldiers as being on standby every day, ready to rapidly deploy from HQs in Arizona and Alabama to wherever the president wants them to go, reports The Washington Post.
If approved, the project is expected to cost hundreds of millions to operate, with a significant amount of the expense being the potential need to have military aircraft ready on a moment’s notice.
Documents shared internally in the Pentagon say guardsmen will need to be able to deploy in as little as one hour after Trump’s order comes down, according to the Post.
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