US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act – an 1807 law that allows a (US) president to deploy military troops inside the country.

While speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said he’ll use the powers “if necessary.”

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“I do it if it was necessary. So far, it hasn’t been necessary, but we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I do that. If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I do that. I mean, I want to make sure that people aren’t killed. We have to make sure that our cities are safe,” he added.

Trump has attempted to deploy National Guards along with other federal officers to Chicago in Illinois and Portland in Oregon, arguing that they are necessary t

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