The thing Trump's generals feared about him could now be arriving

A big unknown with President Donald Trump’s move Monday to federalize the DC Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard in the nation’s capital is how much he wants a crackdown versus the appearance of one.

Trump’s mobilization of the military two months ago in Los Angeles seemed to fit the latter category. Maybe Trump just wants to look like he’s getting tough on crime in DC.

But with Trump’s now-repeated and historically extraordinary deployment of the Guard – and his comments about bringing this approach to other cities – he’s doing what he often does: gradually pushing the envelope and getting ever closer to what seems to be his desired outcome, which is a fuller militarization of the homeland.

That might sound overwrought to some. But it’s worth emphasizing that this is precisely the outcome that multiple top generals and military officials who served in Trump’s first term worried about – and warned about.

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