Trump’s
reaction immediately pulled the Pentagon into a crisis that already has
racial and political dynamics. It follows other incidents in which the
president has politicized the military, including the deployment of active-duty service members to the southern border, threats to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter and intervention into criminal justice cases.
Troops
historically have been put under federal control to quell unrest only
when more local forces were unable to do so, said Lindsay Cohn, a
professor at the Naval War College. While federalized troops can be
effective peacekeepers in situations where trust between police or
civilians is broken, she said, Trump’s comments indicated he wanted to
use military force in a suppression role, and are consistent with his
tendency to use tough-guy rhetoric.
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