r/politics • u/WingComplex6771 • 14d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Plans Military “Reaction Force” to Use Against Americans

https://newrepublic.com/post/199008/trump-plans-military-reaction-force-use-americans
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u/sg92i 14d ago

If the Guard is as enthusiastic as they were in LA, I'm not sure it will have the effect Trump intends

There is a reason Trump's plan uses Nat Guard bases in Alabama and Arizona. The idea is to bring in rural southern MAGA types into blue urban environments so they'll not be sympathetic to the civilians. This is the same tactic China used in Tienanmen Square. To make sure the military would do anything they wanted against young student protesters, they brought in rural local military units from far away and had them be the ones doing the beating & killing.

I am surprised he went with Arizona and not a state with a worse racial record like Louisiana. Then again that risks pulling from New Orleans, while Arizona has been more of a front line of the immigration enforcement.

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u/S31Ender 14d ago

That’s going to be interesting when they go up against people with intimate knowledge of the area and streets.

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u/33drea33 14d ago

Especially in DC, which was intentionally designed to be difficult for an invading army to navigate.