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Looking at the potential impact of deploying troops in US cities to fight “the war within”

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An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, while protesters gathered outside to denounce ICE operations, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Experts say expanded, domestic use of the military – and talk of civil war – deserve scrutiny. Political scientist and University of Denver Professor Seth Masket discusses the potential effect of President Trump's talk of deploying troops in U.S. cities to defend against "the enemy within."