President Donald Trump is hoping to replicate his law enforcement efforts in Los Angeles and Washington, DC , in cities across the country, with the administration making moves to once again use the US military for its anti-crime agenda.

Trump is afforded certain presidential powers that he could use to deploy the National Guard and federal law enforcement agencies in US cities to crack down on crime — though such a move would be unprecedented and, some experts and local leaders argue, illegal. He’s already facing a legal challenge in California following the June deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles after he claimed protests were blocking his federal immigration agenda.

“If the president can use the Army as a domestic police force, that can be a very powerful tool of opp

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