Trump’s recent moves risk politicizing the military, which has long strived to stay above politics

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Last weekend, President Donald Trump took the rare step of mobilizing the National Guard, and then the U.S. Marines, sending them into Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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