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(161,014 posts) Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:01 PM Tuesday

Trump tells Hegseth to use inner cities as military 'training grounds' for war

Source: Raw Story

September 30, 2025 11:20AM ET

President Donald Trump revealed that he had told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use inner cities as "training grounds" for war.

In an unprecedented speech to top military brass on Tuesday, Trump said that American inner cities were "a big part of war now."

"It seems that the ones that are run by the radical left Democrats, what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they're very unsafe places, and we're going to straighten them out one by one," the president asserted. "And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war too. It's a war from within."

"And I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, national guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon," he added. "You gotta do what you gotta do because we don't want our people hurt as they stand by."

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hegseth-training-grounds/

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Trump tells Hegseth to use inner cities as military 'training grounds' for war (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Let's not kid ourselves, Trump is calling for the elimination of POC when he uses code words like "inner cities" sop Tuesday #1

Would that mean NO MORE major sports... ProudMNDemocrat Wednesday #20

Sure freakin' sounds like it. Horrific!!! electric_blue68 Wednesday #22

Hello media? Wake the F up!! MuchBetterThanThis Tuesday #2

The billionaires have taken over all media now. Initech Tuesday #7

What is an "inner city?" Prairie Gates Tuesday #3

Any thing that Trump says it is. riversedge Tuesday #6

Obviously, any place that's majority PoC... regnaD kciN Tuesday #8

Non white JI7 Tuesday #11

It's a term from the 60s and 70s to refer to ghettos like Harlem, south Bronx, Compton, parts of DC. Etc. Blues Heron Tuesday #17

The WHITE House Jack Valentino Wednesday #23

If anyone needed more proof that he's insane, there it is. Dave Bowman Tuesday #4

Sounds about white, Mr. trump Torchlight Tuesday #5

He's certainly succeeding on targeting Black people economically progree Tuesday #15

This general at that speech is all of us: SunSeeker Tuesday #9

They'll worship yesss Witnessof Trump Tuesday #10

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #21

MaddowBlog-Trump pitches generals and admirals on using U.S. cities as military 'training grounds' LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #12

traitor wants our cities in ruin Marthe48 Tuesday #13

He's talking about ethnic cleansing. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #14

Use Mar-a-Lago milestogo Tuesday #16

When does the body count begin? twodogsbarking Tuesday #18

These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #19

Martial Law is coming and Star Chamber 'trials' will follow gohuskies Wednesday #24

sop

(16,261 posts)

1. Let's not kid ourselves, Trump is calling for the elimination of POC when he uses code words like "inner cities"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:09 PM

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and "training grounds" for war. This is part of Trump's Final Solution. It's what his bloodthirsty MAGA hordes want.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,268 posts)

20. Would that mean NO MORE major sports...

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 02:34 PM

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Like NFL Football
NCAA Football
the NBA and NCAA Basketball
Olympic trials
Major League Baseball

that is in many areas, dominated by elite African-American athletes?

What a shame.

electric_blue68

(24,071 posts)

22. Sure freakin' sounds like it. Horrific!!!

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 06:56 PM

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His racist father sure "helped" raise a racist monster.

MuchBetterThanThis

(78 posts)

2. Hello media? Wake the F up!!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:11 PM

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The media is as complicit as the electorate…
It’s right there in our faces.. This is RACIALLY motivated.. Stop ignoring the 500 lb gorilla👊🏽

Initech

(106,446 posts)

7. The billionaires have taken over all media now.

Reply to MuchBetterThanThis (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:54 PM

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They support this shit so they can make more billions.

Prairie Gates

(6,385 posts)

3. What is an "inner city?"

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:11 PM

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riversedge

(78,055 posts)

6. Any thing that Trump says it is.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:28 PM

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regnaD kciN

(27,316 posts)

8. Obviously, any place that's majority PoC...

Reply to riversedge (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:10 PM

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JI7

(92,719 posts)

11. Non white

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:34 PM

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Blues Heron

(7,663 posts)

17. It's a term from the 60s and 70s to refer to ghettos like Harlem, south Bronx, Compton, parts of DC. Etc.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:53 PM

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Trump is stuck in the 70s he doesn’t know most of these areas have been completely gentrified. Even though he helped the gentrifying in Harlem in the 80s. He has no clue, his grey matter is well ossified.

Jack Valentino

(3,419 posts)

23. The WHITE House

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:29 PM

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Dave Bowman

(5,942 posts)

4. If anyone needed more proof that he's insane, there it is.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:14 PM

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Torchlight

(5,786 posts)

5. Sounds about white, Mr. trump

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:25 PM

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I don't understand why he's still pretending this is anything but targeting non-white Americans. He's got the both the highest and lowest support he's ever gonna have, and everyone (except sealions) knows precisely what he means. So I don't understand his desire to keep blowing dog-whistles instead of just saying it aloud.

progree

(12,381 posts)

15. He's certainly succeeding on targeting Black people economically

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:47 PM

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https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/

I drew the vertical yellow line free-hand -- that's about where January 2025 is, the beginning of tRump's reign

There is also a "Show Table" link below each graph:

Total unemployment rate from January 2025 to August 2025: 4.0% --> 4.3%
White unemployment rate from January 2025 to August 2025: 3.5% --> 3.7%
Black unemployment rate from January 2025 to August 2025: 6.2% --> 7.5%
. . . from 1.8X the white unemployment rate to 2.0X

The white unemployment rate isn't shown on the graph, but it's in the table

SunSeeker

(56,832 posts)

9. This general at that speech is all of us:

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:19 PM

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Witnessof Trump

(1 post)

10. They'll worship yesss

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:26 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(170,588 posts)

21. Welcome to DU

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Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:17 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(170,588 posts)

12. MaddowBlog-Trump pitches generals and admirals on using U.S. cities as military 'training grounds'

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:04 PM

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Last edited Tue Sep 30, 2025, 05:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Much of the president’s speech to military leaders was stale and dull. But then he started talking about using the military against the “enemy within.”

Much of Trumpâ€™s speech to generals and admirals was stale, boring, and predictable.

But when he turned his attention to the â€œenemy within,â€ and started talking about using U.S. cities as military â€œtraining grounds,â€ this was a qualitatively different kind of pitch. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-30T16:48:25.800Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-pitches-generals-admirals-using-us-cities-military-training-grou-rcna234708

The rhetoric was mind-numbing, but it was also inappropriate: The in-person audience included several hundred highly decorated generals and admirals. There was no reason to treat these men and women as if they were little more than sycophantic partisan supporters waiting for fresh red meat.

But making matters far more serious was Trump’s pitch on using the U.S. military on American soil. NPR summarized:

President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the ‘enemy within.’ ... ‘This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room, because it’s the enemy from within, and we have to handle it before it gets out of control,’ Trump told those gathered for the highly unusual event at Quantico, Va. ‘It won’t get out of control once you’re involved at all.’

“The ones that are run by the radical left Democrats, what they’ve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they’re very unsafe places. And we’re going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room,” he told military leaders. “That’s a war, too. It’s a war from within.”

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-30T14:13:18.668Z

As part of the same argument, the president said he’s told Hegseth that the U.S. “should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

Trump: "San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles...That's a war too. It's a war from within...I told Pete, we should use some of these cities as training grounds for our military â€” national guard, but military. We're going into Chicago very soon."
— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-09-30T15:19:27.239Z

After troop deployments in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., as well as announced deployments to Memphis and Portland, Oregon, many raised concerns about the president’s willingness — and apparent eagerness — to use military force against Americans. After Trump’s speech to generals and admirals, those concerns deserve to be a whole lot louder.

Marthe48

(21,961 posts)

13. traitor wants our cities in ruin

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:09 PM

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so they look like all of the cities across the world destroyed by other madmen

LudwigPastorius

(13,506 posts)

14. He's talking about ethnic cleansing.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:46 PM

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He wants to "Netanyahu" the Democratic-majority cities in this country.

milestogo

(21,895 posts)

16. Use Mar-a-Lago

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:49 PM

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twodogsbarking

(16,042 posts)

18. When does the body count begin?

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 07:47 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(170,588 posts)

19. These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday

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Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:54 AM

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gohuskies

(1,208 posts)

24. Martial Law is coming and Star Chamber 'trials' will follow

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:57 PM

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This is clearly the MAGA plan to implement right wing dictatorship. All guardrails are falling away and we have lackeys like Kegsbreath willing to use the US military forces to enslave half of the nation's citizens. And the corrupt 6 supreme court justices will simply let it happen,

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