Trump's forever war comes home: ICE, the Guard, and 2029
Trump's forever war just came home. The DC National Guard has been extended through 2029, ICE is killing people during traffic stops, and a prime-time address is queued up to relitigate 2020 — all while Americans are checked out on summer. This is the setup. Paul Rieckhoff lays out what most of the media is missing, and what's coming next.
Trump's forever war isn't in Venezuela or Greenland anymore. It's on the home front. National Guard deployments in…
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