The unhinged US President is considering invoking the “insurrection act” to allow him to escalate his military invasion of Democrat-run states
Donald Trump’s America is on the brink of “martial law”, a state governor has warned as more states are braced for military invasion.
The unhinged US President said last night he would consider invoking the “insurrection act” to allow him to overrule Democrat state governors who resist his bids to send the military into their states.
A judge on Sunday blocked Trump from sending National Guard troops from California into Oregon – second legal ruling against his invasion in 24 hours.
On Saturday he’d been blocked by the same judge from calling up Oregon’s own National Guard – prompting Trump to attempt to deploy troops from another state to circumvent the ruling.
Despite Trump claiming the city is “war-ravaged,” there is no widespread or ongoing unrest in Portland, Oregon.
Nor has there been, as the White House claims, violence targeting federal immigration authorities. Nor has the city been “taken over” by left-wing “domestic terrorists.”
“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” wrote District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, in her judgement.
“If I had to enact it, I’d do it, if people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
“You look at what’s happening with Portland over the years, it’s a burning hell hole,” he added. “And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that there’s no problem.”
Invoking the Insurrection Act would allow the President to deploy the military within US borders, or call up states’ National Guard troops to put down Trump’s claimed “insurrection.”
Pro-democracy groups have described using US military troops to quell nonviolent protests against the President’s policies as “unthinkable.”
Chicago, another target for Trump’s invasion, is expected to see hundreds of Illinois National Guard nationalised to do the bidding of the White House, with more apparently on their way from Texas – all against the wishes of Governor JB Pritzker.
“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States,” Pritzker wrote on X last night.
“No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.”
He called on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw his state’s troops from the operation and refuse to co-operate with Trump.
“There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent or cooperation.”
He added: “This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.”
But Abbott rowed in behind Trump, saying: “I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials.
“You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it.”
In response, California Governor Gavin Newsom posted: “STATES CANNOT INVADE ONE ANOTHER.”
He added: “This is so simple – so fundamental to America – I cannot believe I have to type those words.
“America is on the brink of martial law.”