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But in August, the Trump administration ordered the Guard to create a standing quick reaction force that could be deployed nationwide.
A Guard spokesman told NPR those troops have been training and will be ready, equipped with riot gear, by the new year.
President Trump has spoken openly about sending guard troops and even active-duty military troops into U.S.
states and cities led by his political opponents.
Trump says the troops are needed for immigration enforcement and to control largely peaceful protests.
Lawsuits challenging the president's right to do that are working their way through the courts.
The National Guard has had a reaction force for decades, ready to deploy in all 50 states in case of natural disasters or other emergencies.
But in August, the Trump administration ordered the Guard to create a standing quick reaction force that could be deployed nationwide.
A Guard spokesman told NPR those troops have been training and will be ready, equipped with riot gear, by the new year.
President Trump has spoken openly about sending Guard troops and even active duty military troops into U.S.
states and cities led by his political opponents.
Trump says the troops are needed for immigration enforcement and to control largely peaceful protests.
Lawsuits challenging the president's right to do that are working their way through the courts.
The Trump administration has labeled alleged narco-traffickers as illegal combatants.
That's the legal justification for military strikes against more than a dozen small boats, killing more than 60 people without trial or presenting evidence.
But Senate Democrats say they have been excluded from a White House briefing on the issue, and House Democrats say the Pentagon abruptly pulled its lawyers from a classified briefing of the Armed Services Committee.
The White House says Democrats are soft on narco-trafficking.
Democrats say President Trump is using the military for politics, including making campaign-style partisan speeches on military bases, which conflicts with the U.S.