Washington (AP) – National Guard Patrol the streets of American cities. War Weapons It was deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military Base Resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement projects.
president Donald Trump It’s implemented quickly His vision of the military As a fully capable tool for his policy goals. It is grounds that the president has rarely crossed outside of the war era, and experts say he is reshaping the role of the world’s most powerful military and its relationship with the American people.
But Republicans in Congress (which should generate approval for such actions) are not rooting for him as Trump dramatically strengthened his use of military force. It gives the president an important leeway He plans to send the army Next to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.
“If I were one of those mayors, I would be happy to help,” he said from the Capitol building where the National Guard patrols the surrounding cities, and R-Miss, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator Roger Wicker said. “I think Democrats in big cities are really making mistakes. I think they’re deaf.”
Louisiana lawmakers – The red state surrounding politically blue New Orleans said it would be a great idea for the National Guard to go there next.
“New Orleans, like most Democrat-run cities, is useful because it has a high crime rate,” Louisiana Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Associated Press.
Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) agreed.
Republicans have recently discovered political success focusing on crime issues. Most Americans81% consider crime to be a “major problem” in big cities. Recent polls from AP-NORC Public Relations Research Center. This includes nearly seven people, including almost all Republicans, about three-quarters of independents and 10 Democrats.
but, Statistics are shown Overall crime has declined across the country, with some cities reporting 30-year lows.
Trump’s National Guard use is unique
In the past, the use of the National Guard on American soils was reserved due to extraordinary circumstances, such as natural disasters, or when local officials were overwhelmed by civil unrest and disability. It is rare for a president to use the military for law enforcement purposes.
Notable examples include the Pullman strike in Chicago in 1894, enforcing separatism in the South during the civil rights era, and the fatal riots after police officers cruelly defeated drivers in 1992. Rodney King He was acquitted by the state charges.
Experts say Trump’s criminal mission stands out because he hasn’t dealt with a particular crisis. Instead, Trump uses the military to implement domestic policies. It would be whether the use of military aircraft for deportation flights, strengthening the troops at the US Mexican border, or ordering National Guard duties to law enforcement duties.
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Trump also says he has the “right” to send National Guard troops to the city over the governor’s objections.
“I’m the President of the United States. If you think our country is at risk, and in these cities, it’s at risk – I can do that,” he said last week.
Historical Test
Congress, based on constitutional obligations, has established laws governing when and how the National Guard can be deployed. But when Trump pushes the limits of those laws, Republican-controlled Congress is on track. Instead, it is up to the court to put the guardrails on Trump’s maximalist approach to the presidency.
A federal judge last week determined that the Trump administration was “intentionally” broken. Posse Comitatus Actalmost 150 years ago federal law that restricts the role of the US military in domestic law enforcement. Send the National Guard unit We head to the Los Angeles area in early June just days after protests against the immigrant attack. San Francisco US District Judge Charles Breyer has taken note of Trump and the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses They say they intend to unfold National Guard For other cities across the country, they raise concerns that “they are creating national police with the president as chief.”
Andrew Wyst, co-founder of the National Guard Research Center at Southern Mississippi University, said that such use of the National Guard was exactly what constitutional writers were trying to protect.
The young nation had just endured the war of independence escalated by British forces acting as police in the colonies, and its early leaders remained silent to give the president too much control over the army. Since then, the president has used more and more force on the military, which began as a state-based militia.
“This is another pendulum moment when the guards become more federal or maybe it’s going to go back in the opposite direction,” Wiest said. “But since the establishment of the Republic, it has been shaking towards the federal side.”
