"This is gonna 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. 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, he said, adding how he told Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds."
"I mean, there's nothing reassuring about that regardless of who you are. And I know right now watching there are Republicans in the Senate, there are Republicans in the House who understand what an extraordinary breach that is,what he said was, and now is the time because they held their right hand up and they took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States"
President Donald Trump argued for mobilizing the U.S. military against perceived domestic threats, citing riots and unauthorized immigration as examples. The president said he signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force to help quell civil disturbances. The president described unrest as "the enemy from within" and suggested using some dangerous U.S. cities as military training grounds. Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough called the remarks an extraordinary breach of norms. Scarborough urged congressional Republicans to honor the oath to protect and defend the Constitution and to reject domestic military deployment against Americans.
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