{"id":144427,"date":"2026-01-18T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144427"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:26:08","slug":"pentagon-readies-1500-troops-for-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-sayunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144427","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials sayUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 \u200cactive-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government\u2019s deportation drive, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe \u200dUS Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent.<br \/>\nUS President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use the Insurrection Act to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3340355\/pentagon-readies-1500-troops-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 \u200cactive-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144427"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}