Troops in Illinois ahead of possible Chicago deployment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : About one in five Republicans said the military should take the president's side in political debates.
46% : Some 37% of poll respondents said they agreed with a statement that presidents of either political party should have the power to deploy troops into states even when state governors object, compared to 48% who disagreed.
40% : The US military traditionally keeps itself far removed from political discussions, and the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Americans prefer that approach.
29% : Mr Trump responded to that setback by openly mulling the use of the Insurrection Act - which allows the president to deploy the military within the United States to suppress rebellion - in order to send more troops into Democratic-led US cities.
25% : " Mr Trump has similarly taken aim at Portland, which like Chicago has seen surges of federal agents as part of the president's mass deportation drive, prompting protests outside immigration processing facilities.

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