The Trump administration is looking at plans to create a quick response team made up of National Guard troops. These troops would be ready to move into American cities during protests or other unrest. The plan was found in internal Pentagon documents that The Washington Post reviewed.
The proposal would put 600 troops on standby at all times. They could be sent out in as little as one hour. The troops would be split into two groups of 300 each. One group would be based in Alabama and the other in Arizona. The Alabama group would cover areas east of the Mississippi River, while the Arizona group would handle the west.
