President Donald Trump said Tuesday the military should use US cities as training grounds for a “war from within,” in a darkly authoritarian speech to a rare meeting of top officers.
Republican Trump told hundreds of generals and admirals summoned from around the world to be ready for a greater role in crackdowns on Democrat-run cities, including Chicago.
The assembled top brass were separately warned by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of a different challenge, as he vowed to eliminate “fat generals” and to roll back what he called “decades of decay.”
“I told Pete, we shoul
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