The reason Trump is sending his goons into cities is quite simple.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He wants to provoke a conflict. If I was a monster like him I would want his goons to seriously hurt or worse a protester because the fallout would redound to our benefit. I can't. It's a horrible thought, to ask others to be martyrs for your cause.

He is playing with fire.

[babylonsister]

1. Or vice versa. If a goon gets hurt, he gets to

crow about how necessary they were/are.

[Docreed2003]

4. 👆this

He's a sick mf'er and he is intentionally stoking fires in the hopes of more conflict. He WANTS protestors to attack his goons so that he can sit back, as you say, and say "See these Democratic cities are just as lawless as I said they were"

[Mike 03]

2. 90% agree.

I also think the people around him, like Barr, Miller and (now) John Yoo are beginning to push the boundaries of the Constitution to see what the legal reaction is, and how far they might be able to go between now and November.

I hope I'm overreacting, but I see this as an incredibly dangerous moment, not just the secret police but the executive orders and treaty violations coming down the pike.

[Firestorm49]

3. We should have been out on the streets en masse long ago. Marshall law is a distinct possibility.

They started with getting us used to children being placed in internment camps, so outrageous that the entire country should have been out on the streets protesting. Now we’re a piss hair away from Marshall law and here we sit - fat, dumb and happy. The “ less government” people are sitting with their thumbs up their asses while the next three months leading up to the election may change the course of history forever, and not for the good of regular God fearing Republicans or Democrats. Gov. Evers and Chief of Police Morales said they didn’t want Eric Prince’s private guerrillas in Milwaukee. When will we wake up.

[Iliyah]

5. shithole does not have the security and protection of Americans. . .

He really doesn't care for police and other arms forces. He is using them. It's all about him and he could care less who gets hurt or even killed.

He only, maybe, sorta like someone who is totally a suck up to him. He even don't like them either.

But alas, this action is against the "Constitution", State Rights, 1st Amendment. And where is the republican congress?

[secondwind]

6. He's got this all under control, as he sashays on to the

grass at HIS GOLF RESORT. He’ll be teeing off any time now.

FORE!!!

[Enoki33]

7. Goons. Contractors. Mercenaries. Secret Police. Gestapo.

Whatever word is chosen accurately describes the camouflaged political guns that have gone to war inside America against our innocent citizens. The Putin/tRump alliance have upped their power grab game plan.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. He is playing Nixon part two.

Not to forget,several County Sheriff's in the Portland area are charter members of the Oath Keepers or directly tied to the 3%er Militia.

[oswaldactedalone]

9. Everyone

It’s “Martial Law.” End of rant.

[gulliver]

10. Yep, he has nothing to lose. Any cost he incurs in anything he does is paid for by others.