President Trump just vastly expanded the role of the military in U.S. law enforcement across the country. On Monday, he signed an executive order creating a “quick reaction force” of National Guard troops tasked with “quelling civil disturbances” and “ensuring the public safety and order.”

The order calls upon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ensure troops in the National Guard of every state “are resourced, trained, organized, and available to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety” and directs the secretary to establish “a standing National Guard quick reaction force” for “nationwide deployment.” Hegseth will also work with adjutant generals to decide a number of each state’s Guard “to be reasonably available

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