JOSH HAMMER: Trump’s National Guard Deployment And The Art Of The 80-20 Issue

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Donald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage from the usual suspects. For many liberal talking heads and…

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