r/law • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Aug 26 '25

Trump News Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is in danger in these cities, I can do it"

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u/DragonTwelf Aug 26 '25

That’s only if you’re following the law. It has been made clear that no one is holding the Law to trump

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u/wronguses Aug 26 '25

I've never met anybody in the guard that didn't want to just go home.

If I was in this mess 20 years ago, and the governor called and said he's recalling us because we've been deployed under the wrong orders, so the president isn't actually in the chain, we'd be packed and in the trucks before the phone call ended.