You're absolutely right,
@PeteS in CA . The article is garbage.
The President didn't have the authority to order NG troops to surround the Capitol, and in fact this article itself doesn't even claim that Trump ever gave such an order. And if he didn't give the order, then how could the generals have refused to obey it??
What is clear is that Trump
offered troops, but that the political and civil leadership in D.C turned down that offer. Hell, the article even admits that:
Nancy Pelosi and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser refused to put the National Guard on standby.
So where the hell does this "generals disobeyed orders" schtick even come from?