Trump May Declare an Insurrection—Here’s What It Means
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
An insurrection could soon be declared in the United States. President Donald Trump has suggested he may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. Among the many implications, this would give Trump broad powers to deploy the National Guard or military within the country.
We’ll discuss this topic and others, in this episode of “Crossroads.”
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| 0:00.0 | An insurrection could soon be declared in the United States. |
| 0:03.8 | President Donald Trump has suggested that he may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, |
| 0:09.2 | and among the many implications, this would give Trump broad powers to deploy the National Guard or the federal military within the country. |
| 0:17.1 | Now on that point as well, Trump has ordered investigations into the funding networks behind far-left political violence in the United States. |
| 0:24.6 | And now FBI Director Cash Patel says that the agency is following the money, quote unquote. |
| 0:30.6 | And the government shutdown is also still underway, among the many key issues, is whether or not American taxpayers should be footing the bill |
| 0:39.1 | to give free health care to illegal aliens. And it turns out, at least in Oregon, more money |
| 0:44.8 | is going to fund free health care to illegal aliens than is being given to fund the police. |
| 0:51.1 | I'll be talking about these topics and a lot more today. I'm the Epic Times Senior |
| 0:55.0 | Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip, and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 1:05.3 | Welcome to Crossroads. An insurrection could soon be declared in the United States. They're actually talking about it now seriously. |
| 1:13.6 | President Donald Trump has suggested that he may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. This would be massive. |
| 1:21.6 | Among the many implications, this would give Trump broad powers to deploy the National Guard in the military within the country, |
| 1:28.3 | but it actually goes a lot further than that as well. |
| 1:30.3 | Now also, Trump raised the possibility of invoking the law going back to his 2024 campaign. |
| 1:34.3 | He was saying it on the campaign trail, and now with his anti-crime efforts, his use of terror designations against gangs, |
| 1:42.3 | Antifa, maybe other far-left organizations, which he has now |
| 1:45.4 | talked about, they're ordering it's going through. And with his attempts to use the National Guard |
| 1:49.8 | to protect ICE agents to carry deportations, which are being blocked by many states and local authorities, |
| 1:56.4 | the possibility that Trump may actually invoke the law is becoming very real. |
| 2:01.6 | He's saying he might do it. |
| 2:03.6 | They're talking about doing it. |
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