Pentagon officials were upset by President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is thinking of using the military to quell nationwide protests of the George Floyd killing by police in Minneapolis. Trump wants to use an 1807 law that allows the president to use the military to restore order in a civil disturbance. Other laws forbid the military from enforcing laws within the U.S. Even leaders of the national guard, now deployed in large numbers, warn against putting uniformed service members in a police role. (CNN, June 1, 2020, by Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette)
Trump has not talked with protesters or addressed the underlying reasons for the nationwide upheaval but instead focused on a military solution anresident assaults and the wanton destruction of property. (CNBC, June 1, 2020, by Christina Wilkie and Amanda Macias)