It turns out the Iraq war was just practice

Then on election day, you send troops into the big cities of swing states - Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia - to 'keep order' and intimidate people out of voting. Biggest troop surge into the black neighbourhoods

Then today, this in Financial Times. These are all big cities of swing states. Strategy is: send in feds to cause turmoil, then when a few protestors respond with violence, that's your excuse to stick around, and go in on election day to 'keep order' + intimidate black people out of voting