Which is kinda how I figured Trump would play this. This was so obviously low tier bait for Donald to declare martial law. They were hoping and praying he'd do it, it would seal their narrative. But he managed to avoid doing it and let the states handle shit on their own.
Which is brilliant in another way. Democrats have always been favoring state rights over federal since they were founded, and Trump was a former Democrat, he had to know that not giving them an excuse to say he was trammeling on the right of states to handle their shit (outside of a token reminder he would if they couldn't), they'd be left with either getting things under control or making him look good for cleaning up their mess.
It was a game of chicken the whole time, Trump's response tweaked the rules so the other side had to turn away first.