The Trump administration is reportedly considering a plan to put troops on standby to deploy in as little as an hour.

Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post and reported on Tuesday reveal a secret Pentagon plan by the Trump administration to create a standing force of military personnel that could be rapidly deployed to U.S. cities or communities to quell public protests or any situation President Donald Trump deems “domestic civil unrest.” The proposal to create what it dubs a “Domestic Civil…

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