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Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way
(www.huffpost.com)
Since taking office in January 2025, Trump has authorized several unprecedented military actions and territorial claims:
Border Militarization:
- Transferred control of the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot-wide strip along the US-Mexico border, to the Department of Defense in April 2025[^1]
- Established "National Defense Areas" in New Mexico and Texas, treating them as military installations where troops can detain migrants[^1]
- Deployed over 10,000 troops to patrol and monitor the border[^10]
Los Angeles Military Deployment:
- Federalized California National Guard troops in June 2025 over Governor Newsom's objections[^11]
- Deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles following immigration protests[^11]
- A June 19 appeals court ruling upheld Trump's authority to deploy troops in American cities[^20]
Territorial Claims:
- Refused to rule out military force to seize control of Greenland from Denmark[^14]
- Threatened military action to retake control of the Panama Canal[^14]
- Proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America"[^14]
Legal Framework:
- Administration argues military activities at border are legal under "military purpose doctrine" exception to Posse Comitatus Act[^1]
- Critics say actions violate constitutional limits on military involvement in domestic law enforcement[^1]
- Brennan Center called the border militarization "a transparent ruse to evade the Posse Comitatus Act"[^1]
[^1]: Huffpost - Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way
[^10]: Newsweek - Donald Trump expands US military role at southern border
[^11]: CNN - Trump seizes on Los Angeles protests in contentious use of military amid migrant crackdown
Leave? And go where? Neither emigrating nor immigrating are easy tasks. I'd rather stay and fight.
Good luck.
Serious question: what would be the last straw for you, that would make you go "that's enough", organize and fight back?
I've been doing that since they overturned Roe.
It was already too late. Espionage/Sedition Act of 1917-1918 (legal framework to destroy the left and suppress labor) Dulles brothers appointed in 1953 (State & CIA restructured to corporate interests) Powell Memo of 1971 (the blueprint for the reich) Telecom Act of 1994 (media propaganda machine is structured) Patriot Act of 2003 (surveillance state established).
i think it's going to be different for everyone and i've identified establishments and groups that will likely be targeted in my circumstances and will leave once they're made illegal.
Like Martin Niemöller ("First they came for...."), when it's too late
No kidding. The US has turned the entire world into a dump.
Do your best, but if all else fails, it would be nice to have you in Canada 🇨🇦