National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties

[AZJonnie]

4. They want to convince the public it's in their interest to have armed military deployed to their communities

"Look! They're planting trees and cleaning up graffiti! Don't you just love them being here, after all, they're here to HELP!"

Also Trump probably feels the entire military makes too much money since they're not getting their asses shot off somewhere, so he's defunding the agencies that used to do the work, and making the soldiers do that work instead. With the convenient 'benefit' that Trump is the CoC of the military, so he gets to dictate which cities and states he wants to deploy them to.

Next the military will taking the fees at the gates of Nat'l Parks like Yosemite, driving the buses around the valley, staffing the visitor center, and most importantly (to him) policing the park. The Ahwahnee will probably be rebranded to a Trump Hotel.

This is all about putting HIMSELF in charge of everything.

IOW, POWER.