The coming insurrection

We are getting closer to the president invoking the Insurrection Act. The military will face an impossible choice.

Members of the Texas National Guard arrive at an Army Reserve facility in Elmwood, Ill., near Chicago, on Oct. 7, 2025. - Erin Hooley | AP

The fact that Donald Trump has, in recent days, taken to calling Democrats “insurrectionists” is pretty much all you need to know to confirm that it’s probably only a matter of time until the president invokes the Ins…