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John Carlos Baez on Nostr: nprofile1q…5m7f4 - in Arizona and Texas, the Republican governors would probably ...

- in Arizona and Texas, the Republican governors would probably enjoy having Trump sending National Guard there to "protect the border". A more important issue is California, a big and powerful Democratic state where governor Newsome is setting himself up as a challenger to Trump. Trump is bound to attack Newsome in some way, and federalizing the National Guard would be a powerful method.

In other Democratic states, Trump may try to federalize the National Guard and use it to crush protests - which are likely to increase as the economy goes down the drain. I'm thinking about cities like New York, Baltimore and Chicago.