Trump Defends Use of the U.s. Military Against the 'enemy Within'
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Trump defends using the US military against domestic 'enemies', sparking concerns about authoritarianism and the military's oath to the constitution, with commenters expressing alarm and skepticism about Trump's intentions.
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Trump continues to do everything he said he would, and those of us that warned about his dictator ambitions were accused of having "TDS".
> Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the U.S. "should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military," a reference to the Democratic-run cities that he has long said have high crime rates that make them uninhabitable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxWz8dyKfU - 44:28 into this video.