{"id":21382,"date":"2025-10-01T03:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21382"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:04:08","slug":"trump-tells-generals-us-faces-war-from-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21382","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells generals US faces ‘war from within’"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States faces a “war from within” from crime and immigration, in a darkly authoritarian speech to a rare meeting of the top US military officers.<\/p>\n

Addressing generals and admirals summoned from around the world by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, Republican Trump warned that the military would be involved in his crackdowns on a number of Democratic-run cities.<\/p>\n

“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. That’s a war too — it’s a war from within,” Trump said in front of a huge American flag in in Quantico, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Trump added that he had signed an order to set up a military quick reaction force to quell civil disturbances “because it’s the enemy from within, and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.”<\/p>\n

Trump began his speech by talking about the US military in general terms, saying it was “reawakening the warrior spirit”.<\/p>\n

But much of the extraordinary, hour-long address had a highly political tone, in a break with tradition by previous presidents who have tended to avoid overt domestic politics when addressing troops.<\/p>\n

As the audience of officers remained silent, Trump also lashed out at the media, calling them “sleazebags.”<\/p>\n

Former Fox News host-turned Defense Secretary Hegseth summoned the highly unusual gathering of hundreds of officers last week before Trump then announced that he would also speak.<\/p>\n

Striding the stage, the Pentagon chief said the military must fix “decades of decay” as he lashed out at so-called “woke” policies in the military.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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