President Donald Trump told military commanders on Tuesday that troops deployed to “dangerous” American cities should use such locations as “training grounds.”
Trump, during an address to dozens of top-ranking generals and admirals held at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, said they could be called upon to assist in the ongoing federal crackdown on Democrat-led cities over crime and immigration.
The president previously announced that National Guard troops will be deployed to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary,” in a social media post. He also announced the upcoming deployment of troops to Memphis, Tennessee, and to Chicago, Illinois, having previously ordered troops on the ground in Los Angeles, California, and Washington, D.C.
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