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Steven Simon in the New York Times: How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power

Aug 14, 2025

An opinion piece co-authored by Steven Simon, Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Davidson Institute for Global Security, about President Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military. `

Read it here.

By ordering 800 National Guard troops to Washington, on the pretext of an illusory crime wave, President Trump has further dragged the U.S. military into domestic law enforcement, in a move credibly perceived as an ominous ‘test case.’

Steven Simon, Distinguished Visiting Fellow

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