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That's a really good point.

The Battles of Atlanta, New Orleans, and Austin are gonna be chaotic nightmares

Yeah, it's tough to navigate if, like me, you're not a lawyer. I've been doing a bit of reading on this today and I don't think he'll need the governor's permission. If he can cause enough chaos and violence to justify invoking the insurrection act. That act says, in part:

§333. Interference with State and Federal law

The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it—

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

This is really terrifying. First, because the law does not clearly define what conditions must exist for the law to be invokes. "Insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy" - Could this be more vague? And second because of the phrase, "or by any other means." He can use literally any other means he chooses. Remember when he told the proud boys to stand back and stand by? Well by invoking this act he could directly arm them and order them to go into a state or city to quell whatever he has decided is an insurrection.

And if your wondering whether or not he would invoke this act? Remember that back in January of this year he issued an Executive Order that included this tidbit.

Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. [Emphasis mine]

So he's already tried to find an excuse to invoke it. Now he's trying to manufacture an excuse.

The Trump administration reportedly plans to mobilize up to 1,700 National Guard troops across 19 states

You're right. I deleted a comment I wrote earlier because I thought I read that wrong but yep, that is across states, not per states. Yeah, the numbers are just half-ass bullshit. Ineffective by design. It's how he approached building the wall. What they did was a con job, poorly implemented, failing by definition, the work of charlatans.

The cost of things. He will bankrupt his own craven ambitions, just like everything else he ever touches. There are already issues along these lines such as he's spreading National Guard budgets thin, etc. He just doesn't have the resources he thinks he has. There isn't a bottomless fund. He overplays his hand on this in every venture.