“The last time a president did that, we had a civil war.”
Didn’t Eisenhower nationalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 and use military force to enforce a court order that black students should attend a formerly white school?
Point taken. He sent in the 101st Airborne and "placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control" according to Wikipedia. Sounds a bit more temporary than "nationalizing" the National Guard.
However, a few years later at Kent State, the Guard killed just one student protester, and the outcry was nearly as bad as the assassination of JFK. It's not something a president should prepare for. One gets the feeling this Admin is rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of a mass genocide of flyover people, if their enormous stockpiling of ammunition, firearms and tanks are any indication.
“Didn’t Eisenhower nationalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 and use military force to enforce a court order that black students should attend a formerly white school?”
That’s a far cry from using the military to attack and kill Americans doing no harm. Try again.