"Law and order form the basis of Trump's electoral platform in these circumstances"

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The American president threatens to involve the army to put an end to the demonstrations. An idea disapproved by his own Minister of Defense. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

Faced with protests against police violence, Donald Trump threatened to deploy the army on Monday. Jim Mattis, the former defense minister, pinned the American president for his management of the situation and the current minister himself distanced himself from the idea of ​​a deployment of soldiers on American soil. What consequences can these criticisms have? Answer with the historian André Kaspi, specialist of the United States and professor emeritus at the Sorbonne. His latest book "The Armed Nation - Weapons at the Heart of American Culture", editions of the Observatory.

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"  Donald Trump knows that the longer it lasts, the more he will have rallies from those who want the restoration of order.  "

André Kaspi is notably the author of  The Armed Nation - Weapons at the Heart of American Culture , published by the Observatory

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