Minnesota Democratic senator denounces Trump's military deployment threat

Confronted with thorny problems, Trump turns to the military

President Donald Trump threatened to unleash a familiar tool this week when he sought to stop protests against immigration agents in Minnesota: the military. His warning to send federal troops into the state came as administration officials debated whether to order Pentagon strikes against Iran and use troops to seize Greenland from Denmark. Faced with a domestic or international problem this term that he can’t resolve with traditional diplomacy…

Minnesota Democratic senator denounces Trump's military deployment threat

She said that Trump’s warnings of invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law authorizing military use in states, "amount to threats of declaring war."