President Donald Trump is "closer than ever" to invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy the military domestically, former advisers say.

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement used tear gas,

President Donald Trump is escalating a threat to involve the U.S. military in American cities, using a law that hasn't been activated in more three decades.

Presidents have invoked this throughout history -- but normally not against the wishes of local leaders except to enforce federal law.

In a text message to NBC News before Trump’s Oval Office remarks, former White House strategist Steve Bannon said the president “needs to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 immediately and deploy active duty U.S. Army personnel and assets to Portland and Chicago — he needs to put Pritzker and Newsom in their place.”

The image that best captures the LA riots is not the protester burning a car. This one also reveals why Democrats are so out of touch with America.