President Donald Trump recently inked an executive order creating a series of specialized military units within the National Guard that, under the direction of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, would be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with public disorder issues.”

Is such a deployment of the National Guard a possibility in Denver, where Mayor Mike Johnston and the Trump administration have repeatedly locked horns over the city’s policies that limit its cooperation with federal immigration authorities?

No. At least not for now, experts said.

A spokesperson for the Colorado National Guard Joint Force Headquarters told The Denver Gazette that, at this time, there are no orders or pending orders for such a deployment related to the president’s directive, a fact also confirmed by

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