You just said the President doesn't have the authority to mobilize the national guard. He is quite literally the only person who has the authority to mobilize

You just said the President doesn't have the authority to mobilize the national guard. He is quite literally the only person who has the authority to mobilize the national guard. he is also the only person who has the authority to authorize deployment of troops into DC from other states. You can keep contorting yourself to place the blame on others, but it lies squarely on the shoulders of the Trump. He had unilateral power to deploy troops when the capital was stormed whether the Mayor was on board or not. He chose not to, the end result was his fault. And no, op isn't editing their post, you are. You started out claiming the president doesn't have the power to deploy the national guard in DC, and when you were called out you edited your post to claim you were talking about the surrounding states.