Donald Trump has again risked inflaming the George Floyd protests with new reports saying the president asked about using "tanks" and other military equipment as part of a show of force against the demonstrations - a move defence officials reportedly oppose.Active-duty troops were sent home from the nation's capitol on Wednesday after Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the Insurrection Act should be used "only in the most urgent and dire of situations" and added: "We are not in one of those situations now." The president and his allies who support using troops to quell the protests reportedly were taken aback by the comments and felt the defence secretary's statement was out of line.
