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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker accused Trump of using military troops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “invade and disrupt” US cities.
Previously, US President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington DC, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, to launch crackdown on crime and to support immigration enforcement. (Image Credit: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military.
BBC quoted Trump repeating his criticism of Democratic-led cities including San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles and indicating that he would continue his policy of using military for law enforcement.
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“I told Pete [Hegseth], 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, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor,” Trump said at a gathering of top generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia.
“It’s a war from within. Controlling the physical territory of our borders is essential for national security. We can’t let these people in,” he added.
This comes after Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington DC, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, to launch crackdown on crime and to support immigration enforcement.
Following this, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker accused Trump of using military troops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “invade and disrupt” US cities.
“Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant,” he said in a post on X.
At the event, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth lso spoke, declaring an end to “woke” culture at the Pentagon and announcing new “male-level”, physical fitness standards for military officials, BBC reported.
Speaking about Hegseth’s reforms, Trump said that a focus on “fitness, ability and character” is not to “protect anyone’s feelings”.
“It’s to protect our country. We will not be politically correct when it comes to defending American freedom,” he added.
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
October 01, 2025, 02:19 IST
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