What he called them · Second term · № 147
Told assembled generals to use 'dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,' naming Chicago
“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.”
- Said
- , Address to senior military leaders, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
- Subject
- Chicago and other Democratic-led cities
- Target
- American cities
- Place
- Chicago
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- Second term
What happened
Speaking to about 800 senior officers summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said cities run by 'radical left Democrats' such as San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles were 'very unsafe places and we're going to straighten them out one by one,' and called it 'a war from within.' He called Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker 'stupid' in the same passage. NPR reported he said the military would be used against the 'enemy within.'