The Pentagon has ordered some 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare to possibly deploy to Minnesota, per multiple reports, as President Trump considers invoking the Insurrection Act for the first time in the 21st century.

The battle between state officials and the federal government has sharply escalated in the days since an ICE officer shot and killed Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good.

Sending troops to the streets would surely fan the flames higher.

ABC News, which first reported the news, notes there is currently no plan to send soldiers to Minnesota.

"The Department of War is always prepared to execute the orders of the Commander-in-Chief if called upon," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement to Axios.

The Pentagon did not confirm or deny that 1,500 troops were put on alert.

Multiple outlets reported the personnel are from the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said deploying troops would constitute a "shocking step" on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

"You know what's causing more chaos?" he said. "Having these thousands of ICE agents and Border Control and apparently military, even, potentially on our streets."

Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces to Minnesota.

He warned he'd use the law if "corrupt politicians" don't "obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists." By the next day, he seemed to walk back his threat.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on "Fox News Sunday" that "there may come a time when the president has to order that" — and if he does, Blanche said, he'll have the DOJ's backing.

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