“I say this not only as Secretary of Defense, but also as a former soldier, and a former member of the National Guard: The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now,” he said.
“I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.”
The decision of one of his closest collaborators becomes a new setback for President Donald Trump, because his speech in recent days in front of the revolts in the United States has been based on the use of military force to repel disorders.
This becomes the protagonist episode of the day in the United States where what is least at the moment is clarity on how this crisis will be resolved.
To the decision of the North American president to send the Army to those places where the demonstrations and disorders are very critical, several governors have expressed their complete disagreement, considering in many cases that the right to free expression is violated.
And while all this is taking place, the political debate is heating up today due to an appearance before the Senate of a high-ranking judicial official whom Senator Ted Cruz accuses of having manufactured a force in the fi to attack the incoming administration at the time of the government of the president. Donald trump