“When unrest erupted around the country in 2020, President Trump’s then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper drew a line in the sand: active-duty military troops should rarely be deployed on American streets to quell protests,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Five years later, Trump second-term Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have no such qualms.”
“Nearly five months into his second term, Trump has surrounded himself with senior advisers and cabinet officials who are largely in lockstep with his hard-charging approach to the presidency. While his team frequently put up roadblocks to his plans in his first four years in office, the loyalists he has assembled this time around are eager to implement—and sometimes expand on—his political priorities.”
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