00:00Trump says U.S. cities should be military training grounds.
00:04President Donald Trump told Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that the U.S. should use dangerous American cities as training grounds for the military,
00:13a remark that quickly drew criticism from the left.
00:16Trump made the comments during a speech to hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals at a gathering in Quantico, Virginia.
00:22Following Hegseth's remarks, Trump shifted into political rhetoric,
00:26launching attacks and repeating claims that former President Joe Biden had allowed violent criminals to enter the country.
00:33Trump doubled down on his claims, saying,
00:35I 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's very soon.
00:44He then pivoted to attacking Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
00:48That's a big city with an incompetent governor. I know the family.
00:52Trump went on to drag Portland, Oregon, which he described as looking like a war zone.
00:58Claim the president?
00:59I get a call from the liberal governor.
01:01Sir, please don't come in. We don't need you.
01:04I said, well, unless they're playing false tapes, this looks like a world war.
01:08Your place is burning down. I mean, you must be kidding.
01:11The comments drew criticism on social media, with many saying the remarks reflected a dangerous abuse of power.
01:17Representative Seth Moulton wrote,
01:19Today's speeches by Trump and Hegseth were weak portrayals of leadership by two small, insecure men.
01:25U.S. cities should never be training grounds for the military.
01:28The reputational and operational damage being done to our military will take years to undo.
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