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Trump calls for using US cities as 'training ground' for military in unusual speech to generals
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QUANTICO, Virginia (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.
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QUANTICO, Virginia (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.
President Donald Trump informed hundreds of senior military leaders on Tuesday that he told Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that the military should use "dangerous cities" in the United States as "training grounds for our military."
The call to use American cities as a “training ground” for the U.S. military came just days after the president called for troops to be sent to Portland and authorized them to use “full force” against protesters.
President Donald Trump proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces, with U.S. military might being deployed against what he described as the "invasion from within."
President Donald Trump warned the country's top ranking military officials Tuesday that they could be headed to "war" with U.S. citizens, signaling a major escalation in the ongoing legal battle over his authority to deploy soldiers to police American streets.
