➡️ Provoke unrest through aggressive federal action
➡️ Accuse local leaders of failing to respond
➡️ Justify federal military deployment
➡️ Claim constitutional authority through the Insurrection Act (or threat of it)
Let’s call this what it is:
A show of force and potentially a trial to see what powers the President can seize.
It also sends a warning to other states that this is what is to come.
ICE raids, then militarization.
Local officials cut out of the process.