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President Donald Trump has authorised the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago, claiming it's necessary to address rampant crime in the city. This decision follows a clash in which immigration authorities faced off with protesters, resulting in an armed woman being shot after cars were rammed into law enforcement vehicles. This move has prompted criticism from local leaders, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who accused Trump of "attempting to manufacture a crisis."

 

The backdrop to this decision includes a federal judge's temporary block of a similar deployment of 200 troops in Portland, Oregon. Judge Karin Immergut criticised the Trump administration's statements about Portland, asserting they were "untethered to the facts" and violated constitutional boundaries. She emphasised that using the military without state consent risks state sovereignty and exacerbates tensions, leading to more protests.

 

While the arrival of troops in Chicago remains uncertain, legal challenges are anticipated. Chicago joins other Democrat-led cities like Washington, Los Angeles, and Memphis in being targeted for troop deployments. This initiative raises legal and constitutional questions, as the deployment of National Guard troops is traditionally a decision made by state governors, with laws limiting federal military use in domestic matters.

 

Protests in Chicago have increased, particularly outside US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, leading to further tensions. White House spokeswoman Abigai Jackson stated Trump authorised the troops to protect federal officers amid ongoing unrest and accused local leaders of inaction. The recent incident involving border patrol personnel shooting an armed woman highlights the escalating conflict.

 

President Trump has previously threatened military deployments to Democrat-led cities, citing crime concerns. Despite a decline in Chicago's violent crime over the past two years, the city still experiences higher crime rates compared to other US cities. The Labour Day weekend saw at least 58 shootings, with eight fatalities, illustrating the ongoing challenges.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways:

 

• Trump deploys 300 National Guard troops to Chicago, citing crime concerns.
• Federal judge blocks similar deployment in Portland over constitutional issues.
• Legal challenges expected, with implications for state and federal relations.

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-10-05

 

 

 

 

The protestors are playing right into his hands.......replicate this in a dozen cities and the insurrection act will come into play.

 

Once enacted it will stay for the foreseeable.

300 is not enough.

This ties right in to Trump's plan he wants desperately to be seen as a strong man in the image of Kim, Putin and Orban, and since he never served in the military he likes to put on this facade of being supportive of them, and he loves to flex his muscles.

 

Sending armed troops into American cities without any policing experience is a really bad idea on so many different levels. Just another one of dozens upon dozens of huge mistakes and miscalculations that this man has made so far. There's no doubt that history will not treat him kindly. 

 

 

 

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26 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

This ties right in to Trump's plan he wants desperately to be seen as a strong man in the image of Kim, Putin and Orban, and since he never served in the military he likes to put on this facade of being supportive of them, and he loves to flex his muscles.

 

Sending armed troops into American cities without any policing experience is a really bad idea on so many different levels. Just another one of dozens upon dozens of huge mistakes and miscalculations that this man has made so far. There's no doubt that history will not treat him kindly. 

 

 

The claim that Trump’s Chicago National Guard deployment is a strongman bid to emulate Kim, Putin, or Orban exaggerates his motives. It’s a limited move to protect ICE facilities, not a citywide takeover, and faces legal blocks (e.g., Portland, LA rulings) and pushback from Pritzker. The Guard has crowd-control training, countering the “untrained” critique. It’s political posturing for his base, not a military facade, and far from authoritarian control given court and public constraints.

An attempt to execute a doxxer.....this is getting really scary.........

 

 

Marimar Martinez didn’t just get shot — she got choreographed. Days before the protest, DHS flagged her in an internal bulletin for doxxing Border Patrol agents. No arrest. No warning. Just surveillance. Then, at the Brighton Park protest, she’s suddenly behind the wheel of a ramming vehicle, armed, and surrounded by agents who open fire. She survives — barely — and is charged with terrorism.

 

This wasn’t law enforcement. It was a narrative kill shot.

 

• Flag her digitally: Create a paper trail of threat.
• Let her walk into the trap: No preemptive arrest despite intel.
• Trigger the confrontation: She’s armed, driving, and exposed.
• Use of force: Agents fire. She bleeds. DHS locks the story.
• Legal framing: Terrorism charges seal the arc — not just a protester, but a domestic threat.

No bodycam. No dashcam. No CPD support. Just silence and a perfect arc: doxxer → shooter → shot → terrorist.

She wasn’t neutralized. She was narratively executed — not to kill her body, but to kill her legitimacy. And the system calls it justice.

 

A1

Trump Is Ready to Invade U.S. Ally if It Doesn’t Cave to His Demands

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just release the files

Troops on the streets. Government overreach? Shades of the Turner Diaries. Isn't this what the gun folks have been warning us against? Where are the Second Amendment folks when you need them?

4 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

The claim that Trump’s Chicago National Guard deployment is a strongman bid to emulate Kim, Putin, or Orban exaggerates his motives. It’s a limited move to protect ICE facilities, not a citywide takeover, and faces legal blocks (e.g., Portland, LA rulings) and pushback from Pritzker. The Guard has crowd-control training, countering the “untrained” critique. It’s political posturing for his base, not a military facade, and far from authoritarian control given court and public constraints.

If you seriously believe that this is “ a limited move to protect ICE facilities” I have a bridge to sell  to you.

22 minutes ago, retayl said:

If you seriously believe that this is “ a limited move to protect ICE facilities” I have a bridge to sell  to you.

If dismissing the White House's explicit rationale as a "bridge to sell" means ignoring official statements, federal court records, and the deployment's narrow scope, then sure, keep clutching those pearls. But do try and stick to verifiable reality: Trump's October 4, 2025, authorization of 300 Illinois National Guard troops is laser-focused on safeguarding ICE personnel and facilities amid targeted violence (like the armed car-ramming incident in Little Village), not a blanket takeover of Chicago's streets.

I would swap any of UK Prime Ministers in last 20 years for Trump.  A true patriot