US EditionTrump suggests using ‘dangerous’ US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military
Trump urged military leaders to treat violent U.S. cities as training grounds, citing an internal threat and ordering deployments despite crime declines in some areas, officials said.
- On Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald Trump told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to `use some of these cities as training grounds for our military`, addressing hundreds of senior officers.
- Framing the move as a response to internal threats, President Donald Trump called it a `war from within` and cited rising crime and prior deployments in Chicago, Illinois and Portland, Oregon.
- Officials unveiled directives that include ending 'woke' culture, cutting senior officers by 20 percent, reducing mandatory training, and creating a quick reaction force to quell civil disturbances.
- Representative Seth Moulton criticized the plan, saying "US cities should never be 'training grounds' for the military," while Naureen Shah and Governor JB Pritzker warned troops must not police civilians.
- Some analysts warned that summoning approximately 800 U.S. generals and admirals risks national security, and rebranding the Pentagon as the Department of War raises legal and local residents' rights questions.
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QUANTICO, Virginia: President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing US military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.” Addressing an audience of military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of the military’s role in
Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth urged the recovery of battleships or ancient aesthetic canons in the Army.
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* The Hill… 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.” Trump addressed dozens of top generals and admirals in Quantico, Va., where he said defending the homeland was the [...]
Trump calls for using US cities as ‘training ground’ for military in unusual speech to generals - The Boston Globe
Addressing an audience of military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of the military’s role in domestic affairs.
Trump calls for using US cities as a military ‘training ground’ in unusual speech to generals
Addressing military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia on Tuesday, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of the military’s role in domestic affairs.
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