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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:01 PM Sep 2025

Trump tells Hegseth to use inner cities as military 'training grounds' for war [View all]

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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Let's not kid ourselves, Trump is calling for the elimination of POC when he uses code words like "inner cities" sop Sep 2025 #1
Would that mean NO MORE major sports... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2025 #20
Sure freakin' sounds like it. Horrific!!! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #22
Hello media? Wake the F up!! MuchBetterThanThis Sep 2025 #2
The billionaires have taken over all media now. Initech Sep 2025 #7
What is an "inner city?" Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #3
Any thing that Trump says it is. riversedge Sep 2025 #6
Obviously, any place that's majority PoC... regnaD kciN Sep 2025 #8
Non white JI7 Sep 2025 #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 Sep 2025 #17
The WHITE House Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #23
If anyone needed more proof that he's insane, there it is. Dave Bowman Sep 2025 #4
Sounds about white, Mr. trump Torchlight Sep 2025 #5
He's certainly succeeding on targeting Black people economically progree Sep 2025 #15
This general at that speech is all of us: SunSeeker Sep 2025 #9
They'll worship yesss Witnessof Trump Sep 2025 #10
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #21
MaddowBlog-Trump pitches generals and admirals on using U.S. cities as military 'training grounds' LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #12
traitor wants our cities in ruin Marthe48 Sep 2025 #13
He's talking about ethnic cleansing. LudwigPastorius Sep 2025 #14
Use Mar-a-Lago milestogo Sep 2025 #16
When does the body count begin? twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #18
These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #19
Martial Law is coming and Star Chamber 'trials' will follow gohuskies Oct 2025 #24
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