Dr. Jack Goldstone

As long as they have the loyalty of the military to do that, and that's what we see.

No, it's against kind of all the traditions in America.

It is true that there was, among all the thousands of anti-war and civil rights and student protests in the 1960s, there was one case where the National Guard was sent to a college campus and opened fire, and that was Kent State in Ohio.

And that's kind of remembered as a horrible tragedy and unfortunate use of military power against unarmed protesters.

And as recently as Trump's first term, the commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley, said that,

Trump was concerned about peaceful protests, the Black Lives Matter protests near the White House.

And he asked about calling out the troops.

And Milley said, we don't do that.

We don't use the troops in America.

The troops are not here to fight against our own people.

And Trump wasn't happy with that.

And so now he wants to call the troops out.

I mean, I live in Washington, D.C., so I also see National Guard around.

But what's interesting is they're here for show.

which is to say they're here for 30 days, maybe 60 days.

They don't know the neighborhoods.

They don't know the town.

They haven't been trained in crime control.

They don't know how to, you know, if a crime is committed, how do they track down the perpetrator and how do they execute a civilian arrest?

They don't know how to do these things.