Trump, conjuring an "enemy from within," says "inner cities" are "a big part of war now - a big part of war."

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In an unprecedented speech to top military brass on Tuesday, Trump said that American inner cities were "a big part of war now."

"It seems that the ones that are run by the radical left Democrats, what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they're very unsafe places, and we're going to straighten them out one by one," the president asserted. "And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war too. It's a war from within."

"And I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, national guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon," he added. "You gotta do what you gotta do because we don't want our people hurt as they stand by."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hegseth-training-grounds/


Trump said Tuesday major cities should serve as “training grounds of our military”—lamenting what he described as an “invasion from within”— in a speech to top military generals, escalating his threats to deploy troops to San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Trump said “we are under invasion from within” that’s “noo different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms,” as he said he wants the military to focus more on domestic security, including tamping down on crime in major cities and illegal immigration.

Trump said previous presidents “used the armed forces to keep domestic order and peace,” lamenting “now they say you aren’t allowed to use the military.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/09/30/invasion-from-within-trump-tells-generals-military-needed-to-straighten-out-major-cities/


President Trump told a gathering of military leaders Tuesday they should use American cities as “training grounds” and described a federal crackdown on crime in major cities as necessary due to “a war from within.”

“They’re very unsafe places, and we’re going to straighten them out one by one,” Trump said. “And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That’s a war, too. It’s a war from within.”

“I told [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth], we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military — National Guard, but our military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon,” Trump added. “That’s a big city with an incompetent governor.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5528730-trump-military-training-cities-crime-crackdown/


...Trump declaring war against American (Democratic) cities using the U.S. military to fight against what he called a 'war from within.'

Our communities and neighborhoods are to be used as 'training grounds' for military forces as if we were Afghanistan or Iraq.

In a normal world, there would be mass resignations from that room of generals today. Those who remain are ultimately going to be complicit in this Trump war on Americans.

Where the fuck are republicans who are the only ones with the legislative power to act to hold this president accountable?

They too are complicit in this tyranny.