Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy troops to American cities, intensifying a stand-off with Democratic-led states resisting his use of the military on US soil.
The president sounded the warning as his efforts to send federal troops to quash protests in several cities have had mixed results in the courts, with one blocking the deployment of the military to Oregon and another allowing it in Illinois.
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, citing a law enacted in the early 19th century to crush rebellions.
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