Who Can Stop a President Deploying Troops?
Podcast: The OpinionsPublished On: Sat Oct 11 2025
Description: President Trump has deployed the National Guard to Memphis and Chicago and has his sights on Portland, Ore. It’s his latest effort to punish his enemies and provoke a response. In this episode, the Opinion national politics writer Michelle Cottle, the Opinion columnist David French and the contributing Opinion writer E.J. Dionne Jr. discuss the state of a divided America and what history can tell us about this moment.Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.
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