CNN’s Don Lemon, reacting to Trump’s threats to deploy the US military against its own citizens, urged America to “wake up”, saying, “We are teetering on a dictatorship.”

Fact check: Trump said he “strongly encouraged” states to activate the National Guard. He did not note that many states have already done this.

According to one estimate, there are now more than 17,000 National Guard troops activated in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Some have argued that the presence of the National Guard has only further escalated tensions and resulted in increased clashes and violence by police.

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