The standard to dispatch the military to a state is not simply in the eye of the beholder. There are limited legal circumstances in which a president is supposed to deploy the military domestically.

It may be tempting to seek, in Donald Trump’s incursion on Los Angeles, some evidence that ... national guard units and sending the military to cities run by Democrats, including Portland ...

"If he can successfully militarize LA without significant political consequences, Baltimore is next," said Angela Angel of BLM PAC.