President Donald Trump's move comes after Gov. JB Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
a) he’s already doing that, so that wouldn’t get him the terrorizing headlines he wants b) he really wants the optics of deploying the military and going to war with evil “Democrat” cities because he’s a fascist prick
He’s using the National Guard because it’s explicitly criminal to use the regular army
He could use the FBI, ATF, more ICE, etc.
And is in fact doing so. But regular army is much better trained to kill rather than arrest
a) he’s already doing that, so that wouldn’t get him the terrorizing headlines he wants b) he really wants the optics of deploying the military and going to war with evil “Democrat” cities because he’s a fascist prick