Misuse
Posse Comitatus
A military state to suppress people and prevent an uprising
2025 June
2025-06-07 National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE raids.
2025 July
2025-07-16 The National Guard pulled 2000 troops back out of Los Angeles after numerous protests and allegations that the Trump administration was violating the Posse Comitatus Act.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5469676/la-national-guard-deployment
2025 August
2025-08-05 Trump threatened federal control of Washington D.C. after Edward “Big Balls” Coristine was attacked.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126
2025-08-11 Trump sent the National Guard to Washington D.C. despite a 30-year low in crime.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2110me5g4o
2025-08-24 Trump threatened to send troops to Baltimore after a verbal dispute with the Maryland Governor. Following Governor Wes Moore ‘s invitation to show Trump Baltimore’s low crime rates, Trump sent out a message on social media, accusing Moore of fudging his figures.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wes-moore-trump-crime-rhetoric-face-the-nation-08-24-2025/
2025-08-25 National Guard troops in Washington D.C. were given orders to carry weapons.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/politics/national-guard-dc-weapons
2025-08-25 Trump threatened to send military forces into Chicago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-chicago-00523253
2025 September
2025-09-02 A judge ruled that Trump broke the law by sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/trump-national-guard-posse-comitatus/
2025-09-02 Trump attempted to utilize the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
2025-09-12 Trump claimed that the head of Union Pacific asked him to send National Guard troops to St. Louis Missouri.
2025-09-15 Trump sent National Guard troops to Memphis Tennessee despite a 25-year-low in crime.
2025-09-15 Trump threatened to federalize Washington D.C. after Mayor Muriel Bowser stated they would not cooperate with ICE.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/politics/trump-washington-dc-emergency-ice
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115206570863756188
2025-09-29 MSNBC interviewed retired US Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling who expressed concern about the militarized approach in U.S. cities.
2025-09-30 Senator Tammy Duckworth said, “Our troops did not sign up to be on the streets to intimidate our neighbors”.
2025 October
2025-10-01 By October 2025, Trump only deployed military to cities governed by Democrat mayors.
2025-10-17 Tennessee leaders sued Trump for deploying the National Guard to Memphis.
2025-10-27 During his visit to Japan Trump stated he might send full-service military to our cities instead of the National Guard.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-he-could-send-army-navy-air-force-marines-to-us-cities/
2025 November
2025-11-14 The Trump administration announced Operation Swamp Sweep in New Orleans, which they later renamed Operation Catahoula Crunch. The DHS operations included armored vehicles and special ops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-new-orleans-border-patrol-immigration-trump/
https://lailluminator.com/2025/12/03/immigration-new-orleans/
2026 February
2026-02-17 Kristi Noem allegedly diverted Coast Guard resources from a rescue mission to immigration enforcement.
2026 June
2026-06-04 Three armed National Guard soldiers approached, physically assaulted and detained a woman on her own porch.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/video-shows-national-guard-members-150000027.html