Trump described domestic cities as military training grounds
Trump said dangerous cities should serve as military training grounds and linked a civil-disturbance force to an internal enemy. [The American Presidency Project]
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Trump said dangerous cities should serve as military training grounds and linked a civil-disturbance force to an internal enemy. [The American Presidency Project]
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The context.
He discussed Chicago, Portland, immigration enforcement and crime. These are presidential remarks, not proof of his crime claims or a new written deployment order. [The American Presidency Project]
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authoritarian-rhetoric
Editorial characterization: military operations are framed as domestic policing against internal adversaries. This is not a historical equivalence claim. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Government transcript reproduced by university archive · The American Presidency ProjectRemarks to the Department of Defense in Quantico, Virginia
Paragraph beginning “But I want to salute every servicemember”; later paragraph beginning “Last month, I signed an Executive order.”
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-department-defense-quantico-virginia
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