Totally unwarranted escalation of a totally unwarranted occupation.

tRump can’t win legitimately so Putin, Vought, Miller,& Vance have directed him to conquer the U.S. Understand this is a slow walk civil war toward one man rule. It’s those who don’t give a damn about the Constitution & the Rule of Law against those who cherish them.

Sounds Iike N.Korea, China, Russia. Pick one. America has now joined the others as a militant , authoritarian country. THANK THE SCOTUS SIX CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST NAZIS. No legitimate court turns their back on their oaths to the laws & constitution, giving unheard of immunity to a mobster president.

This ☝🏼☝🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Trump has his praetorian guard now ,and he is willing to use it , how long before another Kent State . He has put his henchmen into places of power and they are dismantling your democracy . Remember Trump was the president when Epstein died in jail, laws mean nothing to him. Time to rise up .......

So, Trump is saying that he could have done this on January 6

What could go wrong?

It's about insanity.

I'm not a lawyer and I don't live near DC but this seems illegal to me, and I want to know who is there that can speak out against this? Is it Dems in Congress? Former military officers? Can someone file a suit against this before someone gets hurt? I'm asking because I honestly don't know.

Anyone know what their rules of engagement are?

#FuckTrump #FuckTheGOP

I hope one of them shoots themselves in the foot. I’m sick of no one doing anything and allowing this bullshit to happen.

Wait a minute! I heard him say this morning that crime was done in DC.

This is so true Trump makes up his own statistics and then send in the guard. He is trying to create chaos. That’s what this is about.

It’s about revenge on his ennemies.. Blue states, who with a majority, didn’t want this POS as POTUS, cause, you know, they are smart and peaceful ppl and wanted someone like them as a leader.. not a lying raping corrupted con..

It's a test run to take over every major city and occupy those cities indefinitely to keep us from voting as well if voting is still a thing in November

Fortunately, soldiers are better trained in using proportional force and not simply shooting first at unidentified targets than uniform police officers are. THEY have rules of engagement, where cops seem to have none.

Boycott guide pinned to my feed.

I was told by some that if Harris was elected this would be what we’d see and that Trump and the Republicans would never do such a thing.

We need to demand in as many states as we can why so many people describe under age EPSTEIN style parties that include “Pageant Girls” when Trump owned the Miss Teen USA pageant and was best friends with Epstein That is a state and local crime youtu.be/evli32S5Nsc?...

Nah, Donnie is shitting bricks.

It is about making us think the GOP is tough on crime. Images over reality like most things they do.

This is sickening. I lived in that awesome city for 14 years. The only time anything like this happened was when the guard (I think it was the Guard) was deployed throughout the city to protect us in the early days after 9/11. That they are being used against ppl is so, so wrong.

How many disasters are currently happening in the US right now where these people should be legitimately deployed?

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I wonder how many of early 20th century victims of fascism knew what was going on? For sure, they did not have the advantage we have, of learning from earlier manifestations of this loathsome disease of the body politic. Too many Americans are narcotized by propaganda and motivated by hate.

And I used to wonder how people ignored the lead up to Hitler....

Actually I think it’s about ego.

Hang on, they weren’t armed before?!

Intimidation?? ITS A FUCKING COUP!!! 🤬🤬

Facts or fiction now?

But the #TrumpsteinList...

Trump expects to be turned out of office. He is creating a fortress, not to defend DC from criminals, but to defend him from patriots who want to keep our Constitutional Republic, not an authoritarian oligarchy. He must anticipate a French Revolution type scenario in his future.

Control… so when everyone finally realizes he’s not leaving it’ll be too late. It’s all about control.

What happens if a national guard troop disobeys orders? They get to go home?

It’s called a fascist takeover. Buy let’s not make them angry.

George, what are we going to do? Can we reverse this?

But in her intro to Face the Nation, Margaret Brennan said it was about crime rates.

Ohioans know what can happen when National Guard troops are authorized to carry weapons against citizens. Ohio Governor DeWine - time to recall your troops from DC.

Dem who argue Trump’s deployments aren’t necessary because crime’s not that bad are playing into Trump’s hand because people think crime is bad and this feeds the narrative Dems are weak on crime. Dems need to absolutely hammer the much higher crime rates in red states, why isn’t NG going there?

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Do the DC police take a vacation at this point ?

It's about future election interference.

Thanks to the 2nd amendment, the NRA, etc. etc., I'll bet you that the citizens have _way_ more arms than the National Guard.

Depends on the state. Notice Chicago, New York, and California don't allow open carry... Th is is why he is targeting those states.

Do they have ammo?!?

Why!

This isn't getting better.

If and when we really need the National Guard they won’t be available, all in DC

It's about confrontation. They're cruising for conflict to quell. Then Dictator Donnie can cry foul and put them on every street corner.

This is not about security or intimidation, but about martial law and elections that will no longer take place.

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Can’t wait until we finally impeach him!

It’s about a coup

THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.📢📢📢

White House insiders report the $Conman-in-Chief is reveling, “loving,” watching the National Guard troops standing around looking tough. But he was getting a little bored, so his minions thought it would excite him if they started allowing the Guards to carry weapons. What could go wrong?

He wants to kill people and impose martial law.

On what basis is this allowed. Send these men home to their families . If any national guard are on this platform please disobey this assignment and resign .

If it’s truly about intimidation, Old Grandpa Trump must be pretty intimidated

Q: Why does Trump need troops from other states when DC has its own National Guard units. Q: Why would he need anyone in Chicago besides the Illinois National Guard? A: He thinks soldiers shipped-in from loyal Red states like MS and WV are more likely than locals to carry out his orders to shoot.

And MAGA will keep pushing until there are street fights and then MAGA will say..see? We need to maintain order.

Unfortunately, I'm guessing it won't be too long before the first shot(s) are fired, and a peaceful protester dies. Another Kent State in the making.

Well they hell is SCOTUS?

I hope everyone is aware that the National Guard are now criminals. People are not allowed to carry guns in DC.

Triggers the worse scenario in my mind! And, Stephen Miller is afraid of old hippies! Wonder why! youtu.be/MN_9VqfVQ9c?...

So so so WRONG!

Police patrol DC armed all the time. No one is intimidated by the DC NG driving around armed. It is not like they are actually on a mission to shoot anyone.

Intimidation of democratic cities and citizens.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN??? SHOULD WE START A TALLY OF DAILY SHOOTINGS AND KILLINGS??????

the fuse is lit...... With a total 50% minority population, one little "accidental" incident....just one.....and "riot" won't accurately describe what happens next.... jus' sayn'....

As they walk amongst the tourists fulfilling rumps wet dream of being surrounded by military bravado. They will never really venture into neighborhoods that are more crime ridden but def making everyone realize they have the capability to pull it off if they want. SCARY AS F!

Thank you, George.

Rename them "National Intimidation Troops".

Crush the ICE & melt them into NITs ? 😝

Sickening. My sister went to school in DC in the 90’s. Crime was actually very high. This is a fascist takeover.

Armed with “service-issued weapons.” You know what a “service-issued weapon” is for a National Guard member? An assault rifle. So now we have military members, untrained in policing, walking the streets of Washington DC with, essentially, machine guns.

It’s about distraction.

Wait wait wait...you mean the government gave these National Guard members their arms back. Wow, that very nice of the government because it must be hard for those NG members to hug their loved ones without arms.

It seems likely that the US military will be killing Americans in the coming weeks.

Fear controls masses of ppl easily, and helps conceal the pedophiles.

Trump and his regime are only preparing the military coup to end American democracy and make it an authoritarian regime with Christian white nationalists and oligarchs ruling and controlling people. You need your army to control the Capital and the main cities where you might face opposition.

She was right about everything.

It's also about triggering violence so they have an excuse to harm people and then escalate. Scary 💩.

What could go wrong?

The GOP just can't apply enough great ideas fast enough to make the Epstein files demand quiet down. Next thing ya know they'll be trying to paint the Mexico wall black or something equally as stupid and wasteful. Oh.

Extortion files

It’s about trying to provoke a catastrophe to declare martial law!

Moving on toward civil unrest

Absolutely.

This is crazy. So the military’s oath is to one man now. A maniac at that. They are obviously scared and gearing up for retaliation. Pretty sure trump is instigating a civil war. Invasion of blue states. He wants to occupy every American state.

Hey military personnel YOU ARE FOLLOWING UNLAWFUL ORDERS! Remember your oath!

Armed and litter picking ! x.com/i/status/196...

Congregating around tourist areas?

Clearly this is not the country that I was born into 75 years ago! I feel that I have lost everything I've believed in and held dear all of my life in a country I have always loved, cherished and called home. I now feel homeless, a woman without a country!

This 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

Update the Rolling Stones to today, using the same lyrics: I was born in a crossfire hurricane War, children, it's just a shot away

How long til nervous, trigger happy, weekend warriors kill some innocent person?

It's to stop anyone from trying to stop whats happening.

They aren’t trained in local laws and ordinances so I’m not sure what these armed GI Joes are supposed to be doing.

It's about more than intimidation my friend. It's about desperately wanting to instigate violence in the streets of these Blue cities as a pretext to suspend the Constitution and declare martial law. The Magats will stop at NOTHING in order to stop the '26 midterm elections

... but when Democrats warned of this happening if trump was elected again, we were told that we had the fictitious "trump derangement syndrome." Hmm...😞😭😡

More blue states to come; preparation for voting intimidation..

As everybody knows, Trump has an obsession with having his name on everything. It's no surprise that he's building a Trump police force, an identifier soon to replace all other gear identifiers. No more ICE, BP, PD, FBI insignia, only some type of Trump law enforcement insignia, like his red hats.

Baltimore and Chicago. Then SF and LA. You get a free car for wearing a face mask in ice.

"Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections." @marcelias.bsky.social

Epstein distraction

Sadly, we know exactly what could and most likely will go wrong..

Intimidation and control

Anticipating “accidental” discharges.

What could possibly go wrong?

What could go wrong?

I’m pretty sure most educated people know what’s going on. I’m still curious as to what those educated people think should be the appropriate response.

I’m European and it’s still very hard to believe what seems to be happening in America. I hope after the Midterms things will change or better still, that Republicans will grow a spine and start opposing this dictatorship

It's to compensate the insecurities of certain toadstools.

When do we this martial law?

It's terrorism.

Sending regular Guard members rather than NG mil law enforcement inc investigators) from Army NG and Air Force NG demonstrates the SECDEF, the CinC, and advisors are not focused on crime reduction or prevention.

People wearing masks are most likely to act contrary to their normal patterns of behavior due to a feeling of anonymity and increased comfort. Adding guns to the mix shows what Trump is hoping will happen, I think. 🤔

You just don't use the military against American citizens for law enforcement purposes. We are losing the American way of life. This is manifest fascism. DO NOT ACCEP THIS!!!

I heard one National Guardsman say to another, “we’re here, we’re armed, let’s go get the Epstein Files.”

This is a coup.

They're not there to fight crime. He wants them there to protect him. The Epstein files are getting ready to explode and he is so damn afraid.

"How do you control a large population? Make them afraid." --- Chairman Mao That's all this is. And Faux News earns their corporate billions by parroting that fear.

First teen to get shot by a Guard going to spark a riot.

They are still pussy want to be soldiers

There needs to be an angry emoji and not just a heart!!

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG

They’re going to end up shooting somebody by accident and blame the victim. Then they’ll tighten control and establish a curfew, etc. Highly predictable.

He’s not leaving willingly.

Let the crossfires begin.

Any Americans remember Kent State?

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Clearly DeWine doesn’t remember since he sent troops from Ohio😡

Going to be a lot worse than Kent State. This is Kent State on steroids or nuclear whatever.

I do.

May 4, 1970 Kent State Massacre. National Guard opens fire on unarmed student protesters of Vietnam War. 4 left dead. Nine lying injured. Soldiers are not police.

He has given them immunity. They going hunting!

MR CONWAY I'M AFRAID THIS IS ALL DRY RUNS FOR THE MAIN EVENTS OF CALLING THE 2026 MID-TERM ELECTIONS AND THE 2028 ELECTIONS RIGGED WITH MAIL IN VOTING CHEATING BY THE DEMS! DEPLOY THE MILITARY TO TAKE OVER VOTING PRECINCTS AND UNLIKE PENCE VANCE WILL NOT CERTIFY THE ELECTIONS!

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Soldiers without training but with guns. Sounds like a great way to create chaos or another incident like Kent State. 4 dead in Ohio.

Seems unnecessary when Trump claimed last week that he had already ended crime in DC without it.

it is about subjugating a blue electorate. i am quite sure that if big balls was truly "mugged" he would not be around to tell the tale

Intimidation? This is 100% about control.

Maybe they are agreeing to follow his order now and they are getting ready to escort him out of that WH. One can only hope that the constitution is worth the fight to remove a tyrant.

Four dead in Ohio, the number of students assassinated by National Guard troops at Kent State during a Vietnam protest on May4, 1970 for those too young to remember. We do not need history to repeat itself.

Buckle up, folks. The whole threat to post Nat'l Guard to other states is just a pretext to force enough push-back for the administration to claim a fake insurrection. And pit blue state Nat'l Guard against red state Nat'l Guard - a hot Civil War if you will.

It’s about gun sales for manufacturers. Quite the gun deal. Big fat contract. Cozy NRA influence. Wake up.

Don't worry, the Three Percenters are putting the finishing touches on their **EPIC** Facebook takedown now that their broken clock is finally right.

….so, it appears we’re going to war with our own country.

We need armies of "Paint ball" snipers, with quick getaways, just to keep them on their toes.

Intimidation? You sound like a legacy Dem. This is an act of war. Civil war by a traitor of America. A federal tyrrant that the State militias should be protecting themselves from invasion. Why are people not seeing his actions for what they are? Are We that ill-equipped for this moment?

Its about stealing.. he is doing all this for his stealing spree

And they’re not even in the areas that have more crime.

Preparing for coup, a successful on this time! We watched him and his supporters try it before, so of course!

Trump knows only the use (appearance?) of power. Without a form of positive reinforcement, nothing will succeed long term. For example, an immigrant knowing they have a chance for citizenship will follow all aspects of the law to assure they will get the opportunity.

sooner or later the 'shot heard round the world' will be fired, and that'll ignite the civil war... only it's not going to be in MAGA's favor.

¿And will the mad man megalomaniac in chief join the street patrol as we know he desired on J6/2021?

Trump is desperate for blood.

I don't get this. I mean from an obvious standpoint I get why but off of normal logic, there was zero escalation for this. It can only mean that one day, someone will say shoot. And they will. The target is us.

The same guardsmen that keep hitting cars in D.C? What could go wrong?

So let me get this straight , you occupy an American city for a couple of weeks, and it’s now even less safe? That doesn’t speak well for our military, or for that matter the Metro Police.

Somebody should be filing some lawsuits.

Hahahahah Like that is gonna do anything? Everything suit winds up with SCOTUS anyway. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ C’mon now. You gotta know that is useless.

Have to fight every inch. Make them pay the price, politically and by trying the issues in the court of public opinion.

Anything from the DNC on a National Strike?

How much is this costing us? We need billboard with a running tally.

With a sidebar showing taxpayer $ spent on Trump's golf and JD's vacations

Before Drumpf is gone wevwill be 75 trillion in debt.

Probably

I give it three days before the shooting starts.

Keep these armed, fascist commanded assholes off of the soil of democracy. VOTE.

Doing my part. White, blonde female, senior, US citizen, hoping to mess with the ICE boys. Oh yeah, EPSTEIN.

People will be killed. This is totally illegal.

So what’s wrong with them? The NG?

You guys had to have Citizens United and McCutcheon didn't you? To be able to turn the tide of the everyday voter.

I really wud like to hear a solution or plan to stop this. Where’s the Feckless Schumer or the regurgitation of words Jeffries.

Eff the idiotic name calling. Where's Johnson and Thune? They are the ones that have the ability to do something.

This is going to be on us. We will have to figure out how to inspire the duped and stop the insanity.

Congress comes back on September 1st. It better not be business-as-usual—no more aisle reacharounds

Actually it will be the 2nd. The 1st is Labor Day.

First order of business: release the unredacted, complete Epstein files. (Victims protected of course)

On vacation? They are so quiet I thought they had died.

Intimidation may be part of it but it's really about implementing a police state to suppress the populace when they discover that there's no more voting and no more democratic process and they don't control who's in charge of the country

Yup

The Purge is about to begin. It's only a matter of time. Trump lusts for blood running in the streets.

“Something moved that curtain. Take the shot!”

More importantly they are Americans. This isn’t some foreign army.

Trump has DC hostage. Peaceful protest is met with EXCESSIVE FORCE while INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE is WELCOMED! 11/03 is National Sandwich Day and the 2026 midterms DC, AFTER VOTING, THROW TRUMP A SANDWICH ON THE WH NORTH LAWN! BE A HERO! THROW A HERO! EPSTEIN LIST 5 DAYS LATE AND COUNTING!

The federal government is illegally invading sovereign states with the military. The willfully ignorant self-described “patriots” praising Trump don’t realize he’s King George, not George Washington. I guess they won’t object to the citizens right to bear arms against a tyrannical government.

Most people in America are also armed. Imagine how intimidating it is for these poorly trained guard to Know people have Barrett 50’s pointing at their heads….

We’re going to have a Kent State moment any day now.

My first thought.

This is about 2026, which is about 2028.

My daughter and I have enjoyed visiting for the cherry blossoms and the kite festival over the past several years. We have never felt threatened or scared to be out and about….until now. We won’t be visiting DC again until these idiots are gone.

Armed soldiers in the streets was a big reason why the founders gave King George III the boot...

Well if Trump starts demanding local people house them, we have a full blown repeat of history, but from within

Didn't they send them into LA without places to stay or anything initially?

Think so.

Where are they being housed and fed??

"it was all a distraction and the colonists fell for it."

"Stop the Steal" has taken on a whole new meaning in regard to the Felon-Fascist's military takeover of America's urban centers. We MUST stop this unlawful and unnecessary power grab.

It is about intimidation of course. But it is also about a man with a very small penis who can’t satisfy a woman (and rapes girls) trying to prove that he is a man.

Trump has declared war on Democrats. Imagine if Obama or Biden had uttered these words. youtube.com/shorts/EvvPb...

Wow - those Epstein files must be interesting www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJorA...

The real files will never see the light of day.

I’m wondering if this is something that’s actually strategic…if the administration gets troops in all the major blue cities prior to 2026 they’ll be able to quench any protests…I know, a cynical thought.

They did a great job in Afghanistan and Iraq so I'm sure everything will work out.

@adamkinzinger.substack.com He just posted on this.

Horrible.

The Hillbillies were are to go outside of the premier neighborhoods without guns. Cowards cosplaying cops!

I h8te them all Liar-in-Chief and his MAGAts 🐷 🐖 🐽 despicable & vile

Don’t visit Washington, DC police state.

Of course. It should be about revolution or civil war.

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At any time, banks in participating counties could quickly and electronically switch their currency from some USD to some online BlueCoin. An unofficial secession. Because ultimately, with today's technology, we could break away without firing a shot. If he's going to ignore the constitution, we can

I was going to go to DC this fall to spend some vacation time, but not now. Fuck Trump and his Gestapo.

America is occupied by its own military. Hopefully, the military doesn’t turn its weapons on their own people !

This is not a drill! Like Trump, most dictators enter through the front door. Rarely does it end well for anyone. Remember how Hitler, Mussolini, Ceaușescu, Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Edi Amin left their job (and earth)? War. This is not going to end well for us, either. 🤔