Rump's using the US military deployments to acclimatise them to operating against US citizens on US

[Celerity]

soil. This will give him a leg up in the attempted psychological breakdown of their resistance to going full rogue if/when he refuses to peacefully transfer power, as they will be less likely to not side with him if he calls for a military-backed coup/takeover. If no deployments, there would be more resistance, due to it being a novel, never tried since the Civil War order and action.

Testbedding at a truly massive and open level.

[Locrian]

1. YES

Been saying this in other threads.... this is VERY scary. Not just for the protestors but this is a ramp up / normalization to his take over.

[Retrograde]

2. "Support Our Troops"

has been a right-wing mantra for decades. If I were a tad more paranoid, I'd say it was part of a well-orchestrated plot to install a military-run government. I'm praying that this is just Barr being an opportunist, but he's been around for a long time, hiding with the likes of Kavanaugh in the shadows.