Use of U.S. military people inside the United States.

We don't sign up for the internal thing.

We sign up to protect the away game, if you will.

There are other people very capable of taking care of the home game, law enforcement,

people like that.

The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort.

Hi again, everyone. It's now five o'clock in New York. A matter of last resort. So says Donald Trump's former defense secretary, Mark Esper, about using active duty forces in a law enforcement capacity.

That was done. This is now.

The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that does not seem to fit the description for Trump 2.0.

The journal details how new memos from the Pentagon show that the Defense Department is now preparing

quick reaction forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to

respond to riots and civil unrest. Wall Street Journal puts it like this, quote,

the riot control units are a major shift for the Pentagon, underscoring the Trump administration's

push to directly involve the military in responding to protests and other domestic missions

that have been off limits except in

emergencies. As many as 500 soldiers in each state will receive training and be assigned to deploy

on short notice according to the memos. It's a frightening proposition considering what Donald

Trump wanted to do to deal with protesters back in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd.

He, according to Mark Esper, proposed having the U.S. military, quote, shoot protesters in the legs, end quote.

From reporting in The Guardian, which was the first outlet to obtain these memos, quote,

the October 8th memo says the Pentagon

will deploy military trainers to every state and U.S. territory as far away as Guam, with the

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