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BumRushDaShow

(160,900 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:04 AM Sep 8

Trump walks back Chicago 'war' threat, but vows to 'clean up' cities

Source: NPR

September 7, 2025 6:41 PM ET

President Trump says he doesn't intend to "go to war" with American cities but is vowing to "clean them up" in his latest comments on an apparent plan to send National Guard troops to U.S. metropolitan areas to help fight crime or assist with deportations of suspected undocumented immigrants.

Trump was asked Sunday whether he was threatening war with Chicago following a post on his website Truth Social one day earlier. "We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our cities," Trump told reporters on Sunday as he left the White House. "We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend. That's not war, that's common sense."

On Saturday, Trump posted online that Chicago was "about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR." (Last week Trump signed an order renaming the Defense Department, though Congress would have to officially change its title.) The social media post featured references to the 1979 Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now as well as an image of Trump made up to look like a character from the movie, Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore.

In response to the post, Illinois' Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, wrote on X that Trump was "threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal." Pritzker added: "Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won't be intimidated by a wannabe dictator."

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5533191/trump-chicago-threat-baltimore-new-orleans

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Trump walks back Chicago 'war' threat, but vows to 'clean up' cities (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 8 OP

That is the way fascists talk. Walleye Sep 8 #1

and it's begun. TACO LOL nt Javaman Sep 8 #2

... BumRushDaShow Sep 8 #3

That orange gibbon posts a image of him in a cavalry uniform... OldBaldy1701E Sep 8 #4

"We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend." CrispyQ Sep 8 #5

"But any pissed-off, crazy person can still get a gun." BumRushDaShow Sep 8 #7

What? Isn't this the guy who killed 11 people in a boat last weekend? Bluetus Sep 8 #8

Wals back threat today bluestarone Sep 8 #6

How dumb. republianmushroom Sep 8 #9

Yeah, sure,...and Auschwitz was just a "temporary detainment center" maxrandb Sep 8 #10

Walleye

(42,644 posts)

1. That is the way fascists talk.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 06:08 AM

Sep 8

When he says “cleanup the city” he means eject people of color. I wouldn’t object if he were cleaning the guns out, but no the guns stay, the people go.

Javaman

(64,556 posts)

2. and it's begun. TACO LOL nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:25 AM

Sep 8

BumRushDaShow

(160,900 posts)

3. ...

Reply to Javaman (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:40 AM

Sep 8

OldBaldy1701E

(9,153 posts)

4. That orange gibbon posts a image of him in a cavalry uniform...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:43 AM

Sep 8

Which is about as insulting a thing as one can do to the real cavalry members. (I apologize to them, even though I had nothing to do with this. I just feel I should, as we owe a big debt of thanks to them all.)

Then, he says that Chicago is going to find out why it is called that stupid thing he changed it to. The image shows explosions and such as well.

But, he is not 'going to war'.

'Delusional' is no longer an apt description of this lunatic or his 'vision' for the country.

CrispyQ

(40,265 posts)

5. "We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 09:39 AM

Sep 8

But any pissed-off, crazy person can still get a gun.

BumRushDaShow

(160,900 posts)

7. "But any pissed-off, crazy person can still get a gun."

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 09:51 AM

Sep 8

including this nut who goes on trial starting today, in crime-infested West Palm Beach, FL -

Trial begins today for Ryan Routh, man accused of Trump assassination attempt at golf course

By Jacob Rosen
Updated on: September 8, 2025 / 9:00 AM EDT

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Prosecutors also alleged in court filings that Routh attempted to acquire an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot down Mr. Trump's plane. The government said that in August 2024, "Routh sought to purchase the devices online from an associate Routh believed to be a Ukrainian with access to military weapons."

Routh allegedly told an associate to "'send me an rpg [rocket propelled grenade] or stinger and I will see what we can do,'" according to the court document. "I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected," Routh told his associate.

The government said Routh also sought to purchase a .50 caliber rifle the same month, and this rifle would have been an even more destructive and powerful version of the one he had already allegedly obtained. Prosecutors said Routh hoped to purchase the .50 caliber rifle at a gun show, but his contact was ultimately not able to locate the type of gun Routh wanted until after the assassination attempt at the golf course.

Routh was armed with an AK-47-style rifle and was allegedly 300-500 yards away from Mr. Trump when the Secret Service agent spotted his rifle in the tree line, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. Two people have been charged with selling the gun to Routh, though both defendants told law enforcement they did not have any advance knowledge of Routh's alleged plans.

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