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Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest\u00a9\u00a0Craig Hudson\/For the Washington Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump on Monday directed the National Guard to prepare for deeper involvement in any future civil unrest throughout the United States and called for the creation of a new military unit that is deputized to enforce federal laws, specifically in D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president issued the orders as he muses openly about deploying U.S. troops to other major U.S. cities and touts his efforts so far to assume greater federal control over the District, where more than 2,200 National Guard members have been mobilized to support an expansive \u2014 and polarizing<\/a> \u2014 law enforcement mission. State and local leaders in some of those jurisdictions have decried the idea, portraying Trump\u2019s domestic employment of the military as an \u201cun-American\u201d power grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his executive order, Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ensure that each state\u2019s National Guard is trained, organized and prepared to respond to civil disturbances within their jurisdictions, and he called for the creation of a standing rapid-response force composed of Guard members that can go anywhere in the U.S. on little notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not immediately clear how the orders will take shape. In a statement, the Pentagon acknowledged Trump\u2019s directive but said little else about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Department is reviewing the order and its specific requirements,\u201d it said. \u201cWe will provide updates or announcements as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new D.C. National Guard unit would be activated under Title 32, the same section of U.S. law under which Trump directed Guard members to deploy this month after complaining about the city\u2019s efforts to address violent crime. Other Cabinet officials who oversee law enforcement agencies were directed to coordinate with Hegseth and \u201cdeputize the members of this unit to enforce Federal law,\u201d the order says<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has declared a \u201ccrime emergency\u201d in D.C., though data maintained by the city\u2019s police department shows that instances of violent crime have fallen<\/a> since 2023. The Justice Department<\/a> and Republicans in the House<\/a> have launched investigations into whether D.C. police manipulated crime statistics to make them appear lower, as Trump has alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Guard\u2019s rapid-response unit<\/a> was first reported by The Washington Post this month as the initiative took shape. Planning documents show the administration wants a \u201cDomestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force,\u201d with about 600 troops on standby at all times who are ready to deploy within an hour. They would be split into two groups of 300 and stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump on Monday also responded to a furious backlash<\/a> from elected leaders and others in Illinois after The Post first reported this weekend that there is active military planning<\/a> for the potential deployment of thousands of troops \u2014 either National Guard or active-duty personnel \u2014 to Chicago in a model that could be used in other cities. Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, have said there is no emergency that warrants such action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, muddied the water when asked about his plans for Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, he called the city \u201ca disaster\u201d and said that Pritzker should be asking for federal help in addressing violent crime there. But the president stopped short of saying he would order a military deployment, saying that until he gets a request from Pritzker, \u201cI\u2019m not going to do anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments later, however, he said his administration \u201cmay just go in and do it, which is probably what we should do.\u201d The legality of such an effort, without the consent of local officials, would almost certainly be challenged in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pritzker, as governor, oversees the Illinois National Guard. Trump can federalize and deploy Guard members there for narrow and specific missions, but Pritzker has made it clear he is opposed to any such effort. The governor addressed the issue again Monday, saying that no one on Trump\u2019s staff has reached out to him about a deployment and that circumstances in the city do not merit what he characterized as a heavy-handed approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it sounds to you like I am alarmist, that is because I am ringing an alarm \u2014 one that I hope every person listening will heed, both here in Illinois and across the country,\u201d the governor said. Such a deployment, he said, \u201cis exactly the type of overreach that our country\u2019s founders warned against \u2014 and it\u2019s the reason they established a federal system with a separation of powers built on checks and balances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted,\u201d Pritzker said. \u201cIt is illegal. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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