I think the whole country is learning a lesson in the proper use of the constitutional power of a central government versus state's rights. Over the years we have witnessed an ever encroaching Federal overreach into the sovereign rights of individual states and its citizens to govern their own futures. In the case of these individual cites in primarily Democrat held states, the states and cities that have enacted policies that have in essence planted the seeds to their own destruction, by giving support and sanctuary to such anarchists, will have to figure this out, sink or swim, on their own.  The Federal government is only there to act as a backstop and help if the states ask. We do not want to see the Federal government exert force under order by any president against the citizens of this country and such action should not be used to override individual state governments  - except only in the case of clearly defined parameters. Such powers exercised by the Federal government can be abused and should be limited. Think of a president like Obama or, horror of horrors, Killery if she had won, having such power to override state governments and exert their will by force. In fact, many were afraid of this exact scenario under Obama because the groundwork had been laid for such action by his administration.  I am not saying that the destruction we have witnessed the last couple of weeks has not been horrific and that people who live in those communities have not suffered tre  ffa  mendously. But, most of the agitators were not residents of those communities and were only there to create the chaos with the hope of POTUS taking action which is his constitutional right. Thank God we have, contrary to the opinion of some, a much smarter and cooler head as our POTUS. These riots were orchestrated to force POTUS to act. POTUS has done the more prudent thing in targeting the instigators and quietly removing them behind the scenes. Many were probably already on watch lists and have warrants - possibly some of those unsealed indictments just waiting in the wings have been used to target the trouble makers. I am glad POTUS did not react by attempting to shut down these systematically coordinated attacks on these progressive hell holes by using force. The progressives think he is unhinged and just waiting for the chance to stomp someone in the head. POTUS will use their stupidity and underestimation of this tactics and strategy to out maneuver them. This is war and we do nor get a repeat if we make the wrong decision. The reality is that in war, logical and unemotional risk assessment is crucial.