Apple News Today How Trump’s use of the military breaks with past presidents
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Normalization Risk Of Domestic Troops
- President Trump has repeatedly expanded domestic military deployments, treating troops as a tool to signal seriousness on law-and-order issues.
- Experts warn this risks normalizing military presence on U.S. streets and setting a troubling precedent for civil-military boundaries.
Deployments To Border And Los Angeles
- Trump sent the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles this summer in response to demonstrations and immigration enforcement.
- California's governor legally challenged the LA deployment and hundreds of troops remain in the city today.
Less Internal Pushback Shapes Policy
- With fewer senior advisers like John Kelly, Trump faces less internal pushback against using the military domestically.
- Former and current military members worry repeated deployments erode constitutional norms and public perception of the armed forces.