Republican president tells top military officers they will play part in ‘war from within’ in major US cities.
Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has addressed hundreds of US generals in Virginia on topics ranging from climbing up stairs to the crisis in Ukraine – often repeating his talking points and bouncing between subjects.
Trump’s self-described “weave” – his tendency to knit multiple stories and subjects into one set of remarks – grew large on Tuesday as he spoke for more than one hour and 10 minutes.
He aired familiar grievances about his political opponents, lauded his own foreign policy and called for improving the appearance of warships.
But the US president’s most consequential message to the generals was that the military will be focusing on missions at home.
Here are five key takeaways from Trump’s speech:
Focusing on the ‘enemy
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