This is about authoritarian tendencies. This is about command and control. This is about power. This is about ego. This is a consistent pattern.

Comment to MSNBC on 8 June 2025, referring to Donald Trump's decision to federally activate more than 2,000 California Army National Guard personnel and 700 U.S. Marines in response to anti-ICE deportation protests occurring in Los Angeles, California. As quoted in by Kyle Cheney & Josh Gerstein, troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear", Politico, 9 June 2025