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President Trump's proposed activations

President Trump's proposed National Guard activations and the public debate surrounding it

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Jan 27, 2026
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did trump ask for the national gaurd on jan 5th

participated in discussions about deployments for in the days before the and told leadership to be prepared, but there is no clear, contemporaneous evidence that he formally requested or signed an ord...

Jan 8, 2026

Did President Trump request National Guard deployment to the Capitol on January 6, 2021?

The contemporary record does not show that President Donald Trump signed an order or otherwise formally requested a National Guard deployment to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021; multiple independe...