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2025
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
2025-08-11 Regardless of the 30-year-low in crime, Trump continued his authoritarian creep and sent the National Guard to Washington D.C.
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 During a press conference in the Oval office, Trump made threats to send military forces into Chicago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-chicago-00523253
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 Illinois.
2025-09-12 Trump told Fox News that the head of Union Pacific asked him to send National Guard troops to Saint Louis Missouri (loophole?).
2025-09-15 Trump sent National Guard troops to Memphis Tennessee regardless of a 25-year-low in crime.
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 During an MSNBC interview, Senator Tammy Duckworth stated, “Our troops did not sign up to be on the streets to intimidate our neighbors”.
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/
2026 March
2026-03-01 Trump peddled a veteran’s edition of his Trump bible for $99.99 on his website and on eBay.
2026-03-10 Trump appointed Erika Kirk to the Air Force Academy board to push Turning Point USA indoctrination on the U.S. military.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/erika-kirk-board-us-air-force-academy
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5776683-erika-kirk-air-force-academy-board/
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/erika-kirk-air-force-academy-trump-charlie-b2935898.html
2026-03-20 GOP members fell hard for an AI-generated female MAGA influencer “Jessica Foster” as she posed in her crop-top army uniform and offered feet picks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QUAtlMZJs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/20/jessica-foster-maga-dream-girl-ai-fake/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-swooning-over-beautiful-army-135041682.html
2026 April
2026-04-02 Hegseth ousted Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. The department did not give a reason.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-top-army-general-00856755