President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with establishing “specialized units” in the National Guard that will be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with public order issues” — the clearest sign yet he intends to expand the US military’s role in domestic law enforcement activities across the country.

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is still prepared to order National Guard troops to American cities besides the nation's capital, but that he wanted local officials to request his help. The comments come after Trump threatened Chicago as the next city he would target after his administration's federal takeover of Washington,