Yep, this is my belief. Trump has been looking for a reason to enact martial law. He’s been making up excuses to extend his enforcement groups throughout the US, and large protests/riots would give them the opportunity.

This isn’t to say they shouldn’t be done. I’d argue they should. That’s their plan, and their hand should be forced if that’s the way it’s going to go. If it doesn’t happen over this, it’ll be something else, and the imagery of them clamping down on starving people is about the best we could hope for. There is just about no one who doesn’t at least see their plight. It’d be the best rallying cry for all Americans, and potentially to outsiders who would help as well.