US EditionJohnson Backs Trump’s ‘Training Ground’ Remarks: Military in US Cities a ‘Win-Win Scenario’
Trump ordered military leaders to prepare for domestic conflict using Democrat-run cities as training grounds, claiming a 'war from within' against political opponents and protesters.
- On Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald J. Trump told nearly 800 U.S. generals and admirals summoned by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to use Democratic-run American cities as training grounds to target domestic opponents.
- Trump framed the threat as a 'war from within,' blaming antifa and leftist actors and targeting Democrat-run cities led by radical-left Democrats.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of senior officers to Quantico, Va., promoting a 'warrior ethos,' pushing fitness standards, and planning to cut the officer corps by 20 percent.
- Legal-first: Courts and statutes quickly posed barriers to deployments, with a federal judge ruling against them under the 1898 Posse Comitatus Act; Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Ruben Gallego opposed the plan, while Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed a request for assistance in Illinois.
- Previously the administration deployed troops in U.S. cities, including a 30-day Washington, D.C. presence and National Guard action in Los Angeles in June, while Trump vowed deployments to Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
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Illinois Gov Calls For Trump's Removal Over Military Threats
Source: HENRY NICHOLLS / Getty On Tuesday, President Donald Trump — the most dictatorial president ever to claim he’s “not a dictator” while also claiming a dictator is what the people want — suggested that cities like Chicago should be used as “training grounds for our military,” during his and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s meeting with senior military officials, which turned out to be a forum for Trump and Hegseth to beat their chests about…
Johnson backs Trump’s ‘training ground’ remarks: Military in US cities a ‘win-win scenario’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday backed President Trump’s plans to use cities he deems dangerous because of their crime levels as a “training ground” for the military, though he seemed to draw a distinction in suggesting it would be National Guard members taking part in such actions. “I can tell you what‘s in…
Trump: Military will use U.S. cities as ‘training’ for war
QUANTICO, Va.—In an enormous and breathtaking assumption of presidential power, President Donald Trump declared he wants to station U.S. troops, supposedly for “training” in U.S. cities, permanently. Trump’s announcement of the plan, advanced at a Quantico, Va., convocation of generals and admirals from around the world, called by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, produced stony silence from the audience. Without required congressional assent, Trump h…
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