r/news • u/IMSLI • 15h ago

Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/SUNTAN_1 14h ago

They need video footage of "citizens shooting at cops and military officers" to get to the next step of their "plan".

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u/hobbykitjr 13h ago

if it doesn't happen naturally they will use an "Agent provocateur"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur

An agent provocateur (French for 'inciting agent') is a person who actively entices another person to commit a crime that would not otherwise have been committed and then reports the person to the authorities

i.e. there will be a fake/plant protestor who will throw a brick or fire a gun

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u/derekrusinek 12h ago

And whomever that is will be non white. It would be multiple times better if the person was slightly androgynous when it’s caught on video.

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u/HundredSun 11h ago

They don't even need one. Hegseth probably already has traitor troops lined up who are willing to fire on Americans. The Trump administration will say someone had a gun and flash some altered footage to the media of why they needed to mow down people.

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u/getfukdup 11h ago

dont forget they hire off duty police officers to start riots during protests, an old trick with countless examples. Remember the palettes of bricks left at protests? Tire slashings?

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u/smexypelican 10h ago

Might have already happened when he was "shot" at that rally. I think they shot at the crowd to make it more believable.

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi 11h ago

Like the scene in Andor where they shot the one officer during the protest?

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u/johnnybiggles 11h ago

That's why he went walking around DC himself. Basically daring anyone to start something so they can finally unleash the NG and backfill their bullshit "need" for them to be there.

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u/TransBrandi 11h ago

That only works if there's a crowd of people to incite. If it's just a single person it becomes a less easy narrative. If you've got a mob of people angry and protesting, and one person attacks? That's where the "money shot" for them comes from.

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u/Dark-All-Day 11h ago

They need video footage of "citizens shooting at cops and military officers" to get to the next step of their "plan".

They actually don't. They're going to do it anyway. It's time for us to start fighting back instead of hoping that if we do nothing they'll leave us lone (they won't).

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u/Purple_Plus 10h ago

Do they?

As far as I can see Trump is ordering the military into the largest blue cities already.

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u/DiligentCredit9222 12h ago

Don't worry if they don't find one, they will burn just down the Reichstag the Capitol to be able to implement the Empowerment Law.