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leftstreet

(40,721 posts)
3. He'd need a coordinated effort from other Govs
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 01:57 PM
Jan 24

Bringing a bazillion Guards into the states

surfered

(13,496 posts)
2. He could call up the Guard; however, the President has the authority to federalize them and take control of them
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 01:57 PM
Jan 24

MineralMan

(151,279 posts)
11. Exactly.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 02:25 PM
Jan 24

Trump can federalize the guard with a signature.

The second he does that, Walz loses all control of the MN National Guard. Walz knows that. He is being careful.

Still, people who are nowhere near any of this seem to believe they have the answers to everything.

cachukis

(3,949 posts)
7. Would that bring to a head what could become
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 02:08 PM
Jan 24

disastrous? The ICE men don't seem ready to back down and they have the prez behind them.

cachukis

(3,949 posts)
12. Likewise. But the ICE guys are itching for a fight.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 02:26 PM
Jan 24

They don't appear to be any different than the insurrectionists 5 years ago.
And they have the same agitator at the helm this time.
Not sure wisdom is going to win the day, but the good guys are being called to save us from this police state.
Schumer and Jeffries aren't coming to the rescue. There is no one leader with the power to stop trump. The repubs who chastised the insurrectionists flipped within days.
I don't see the citizens in Minneapolis giving up. If they do, trump will raise the stakes.
Trump has already deployed the police state.
I see the big conflict boiling down to citizen's desire to protect their neighbors with the xenophobist's inability to accept the fallibility of their arguments.
It is the Lost Cause persistence on full display.

MineralMan

(151,279 posts)
13. Quite frankly, you have nothing to do with it.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 02:27 PM
Jan 24

You can't "give in," because you're not directly involved. You can't fight, because you're not here. You can, however make noises to that effect. I don't think that's going to do much, though.

Reader Rabbit

(2,758 posts)
14. Can he kill power to the federal facilities where ICE is operating?
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 02:29 PM
Jan 24

Like a siege? Shut down the power and water at the Whipple Building? They couldn't process any of their kidnap victims without electricity.

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