President Donald Trump’s use of federal law enforcement to secure Washington, D.C., has majority support among Americans, but political strategist Dick Morris warned on Newsmax on Saturday that deploying the National Guard more broadly would be a dangerous step.

“It is because once in a while, at some point, these guard troops who are not trained police officers could commit a George Floyd or a Rodney King and set off nationwide reaction,” Morris told “The Count.” “The proper approach is what Trump is about to do, I think, which is to ban federal aid to jurisdictions that do not help him enforce the law.”

A recent poll showed 53% of adults approve of Trump’s security approach in the capital, a higher rating than his marks on immigration, the economy or the Russia-Ukraine war.

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