Pentagon working on plans for military deployment in Chicago, Washington Post reports

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Pentagon working on plans for military deployment in Chicago, Washington Post reports
By Reuters
August 23, 202511:36 PM EDTUpdated August 24, 2025

 


Summary
Options include mobilizing at least a few thousand National Guard members as soon as September, Post says
Trump has threatened to deploy National Guard troops in numerous large cities run by Democrats
Trump has expanded federal crackdown in Democrat-run DC, LA

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

The Defense Department planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September, the Post reported, citing officials familiar with the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-working-plans-military-deployment-chicago-washington-post-reports-2025-08-24/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Part of me has to wonder if Trump wants to provoke insurrection leading into the 2026 midterms.

[berdie]

This issue divides me. I know deploying federal troops in cities is a contentious and illegal matter.

OTOH, if I lived in a city where the local officials refused to take action and crime was rampant...