Well, not rational thought, certainly. It is just tough to figure what drove this? In the U.S. Military culture this is not the kind of thing that happens in the absence of a very visible failure of some sort. This is shockingly political in a way we’ve not seen before.
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Pathological
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Obama, of course.
Trump’s doing his best to make the transition into a Hostile Corporate Takeover.
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In a bizarre move…
We are going to be hearing that a lot.
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Paranoia mixed with extreme vindictiveness. It’s a highly combustible combination.
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Maybe is afraid the National Guard would disrupt James O’Keefe’s paid agent provocateurs they will blame on liberals. http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/revealed-activists-catch-james-okeefes-group-bribing-people-to-riot-at-trumps-inauguration/
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“In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check.”
Yes, it’s from a Woody Allen movie, but you had to think about it for a second, didn’t you?
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Interesting thought.
I’m admittedly falling too far into conspiracy theory these days.
That said: Does anybody see something more nefarious here? What is the National Guard going to be doing that day that Trump wants different leadership in charge?
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Nothing bizarre about it. This will be standard procedure for anyone not approved by the incoming Putin team.
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Precisely. The Guard will already be deployed. There will be protests at the inauguration and the day after.
Would we be shocked if Trump’s admin gave the word to put down protests with extreme prejudice, and wants to make sure that order is followed?
Who is the interim commander going to be?
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UNFAIR cover by the #failingNewYorker. Sad!
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I guess this is just another glimpse of the authoritarian nature of the dumpster presidency
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Well, maybe he’ll demand that a few of them are named after his kids and maybe Melania. (Unless there’s a Mrs.-Trump-in-Waiting. You never know with Donald.)
Then i’d become a escort office…or made out of plastic…
A sure bet the Twit-ter n’Chief will respond. 
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When an article starts with “In a bazarre move”, this indicates that this is an opinion piece meant to influence the reader and not real reporting. The writer has already made the judgement for us about what is bazarre or not, instead of allowing people to think for themselves.
"In a bizarre move, Donald Trump has"
The first four words are not really necessary, ever.
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Wow, perfect! I’m totally going to buy that issue.
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Yep. Who knows. Maybe we’re going back to private state militias under the advice from his neo-Nazi buddy Bannon.
The resulting Militia Act of 1903 (or Dick Act) became law. It gave federal status to the militia and required the organized militia of the States to conform to Regular Army organization and standards. It dramatically increased federal funding of the militia: between 1903 and 1916, the federal government spent $53 million on the Guard, more than the total of the previous hundred years.
The National Defense Act of 1916 is the most important piece of legislation in the history of the National Guard. It transformed the militia from individual state forces into a Reserve Component of the U.S. Army—and made the term “National Guard” mandatory. The act stated that all units would have to be federally recognized, and that the qualifications for officers would be set by the War Department. It increased the number of annual training days to 15, increased the number of yearly drills to 48, and authorized pay for drills.
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