I consider there is an additional strategy employed here beyond what Cates covers.
1) The Insurrection Act can be applied ... it’s the law.
2) The RAT desire is to destroy as much of the inner cities and their key voting areas to the greatest degree possible. They depend on death & strife to survive and right now “business” is good.
3) The RAT desire is to let the riots continue and extend to the greatest degree possible ... as such they’re releasing people as soon as they can be arrested, released their felons from prison and ensured this stage followed COVID-19 so that their perps can wear masks within the mobs.
4) The RAT intent was to prevent the National Guard in (to allow the riots to continue) and facilitate an accompanying narrative that POTUS is a fascist etc. by moving troops. POTUS did *NOT* take the bait ... instead he’s insisting governors & mayors utilize the resources he’s made available just like the Republican led states and counties + cities are.
5) The Esper statement yesterday gives full cover to all these things ... and provides an additional incentive that POTUS also emphasized before he went to St. Johns - being that CITIZENS are also empowered through the 2nd amendment and through the electoral system to defend themselves and their cities - got a Soros D/A? Now you know. Got a mayor or police chief coordinating with Antifa? Now you know. Like it? Then change the system to remove the socialists instead of acquiescing so the radical fascist left try to install them.
WWG1WGA :)
I now that Soros funded DAs in NYC, St. Louis and Chicago. Any other cities he is turning? He needs to be arrested and exposed.