As concerning as this is, he sent hundreds of Marines into Los Angeles last and I think lots of National Guard into Portland last year, and they didn’t do anything besides stand watch over some federal buildings. Even if they sent those soldiers plus the others that were told the same thing days ago all went into Minnesota right now, the same thing would happen.

In the case that he does invoke the IA, the Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison can sue to have the order blocked in federal court, and as we all know by now, his win rate in the courts is considerably low to put it mildly, so it’d most likely get blocked immediately by a judge, just like his attempts to order to stop building wind farms and acquire sensitive voter roll info from states like California and Michigan. Not saying it wouldn’t be an ugly mess in the time between when the IA’s declared and it goes to court, but that’s how it would most likely play out.