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President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to US cities has sparked the question: Can he do that?
Since WWII, presidents have activated the Guard at least 10x within the US.
While governors have often agreed, in at least 6 cases (like the June ICE protests in California), they didn’t.
Federal law lets the president deploy troops during insurrections or to enforce federal laws — with or without state approval.