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BumRushDaShow

(158,599 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:59 AM Aug 12

President Trump says other US cities could be next as he deploys National Guard to DC

Source: USA Today

Updated Aug. 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET


WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said he might expand his crackdown on crime in the nation's capital to other major U.S. cities as he announced plans to send 800 National Guard troops into Washington, D.C.

Trump singled out New York City, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago and Oakland, California during a Monday, Aug. 11, news conference as potential future targets in what would be a drastic escalation of federal presence on the streets of American cities. "We're not going to lose our cities over this. This will go further. We're starting very strongly with D.C., and we're going to clean it up real quick," Trump said.

Trump did not elaborate on his plans for other cities. But one of the two executive actions he signed Aug. 11 directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to coordinate with governors of states and "authorize the orders of any additional members of the National Guard to active service, as he deems necessary and appropriate, to augment this mission."

"We're going to take back our capital," Trump said. "And then we'll look at other cities also. But other cities are studying what we're doing."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/trump-national-guard-deployment-us-cities-dc/85610923007/

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President Trump says other US cities could be next as he deploys National Guard to DC (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 12 OP
Coincidentally it will be only blue cities which Trump invades. Irish_Dem Aug 12 #1
He's bringing the matches... DemMedic Aug 12 #2
Fascism 101. Did we get anything at all out of military deployment to LA? I don't think so. Walleye Aug 12 #3
Sad to say it, but TommyT139 Aug 12 #4
I'm waiting for the bunker hill moment. Javaman Aug 12 #5
Yup, decidedly more a revolution. Magoo48 Aug 12 #6
Gods, I hope so. OldBaldy1701E Aug 12 #15
Reminder: nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility Fiendish Thingy Aug 12 #7
What the media isn't talking about... mwmisses4289 Aug 12 #8
The media is also Miguelito Loveless Aug 12 #12
Hev wants Martial law in the worst way bluestarone Aug 12 #9
Convicted felon and rapist says what? travelingthrulife Aug 12 #10
Anyone else going to claim Miguelito Loveless Aug 12 #11
Terrorize voters in Dem cities before the mid-terms Bayard Aug 12 #13
What Trump is doing is illegal azureblue Aug 12 #14
Guess he hasn't seen the list of most dangerous cities. Better start in the red states. There are 4 in Ohio alone. Vinca Aug 12 #16
Crackdown on crime as he pardons rioters Playingmantis Aug 12 #17

Irish_Dem

(73,299 posts)
1. Coincidentally it will be only blue cities which Trump invades.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 06:03 AM
Aug 12

Same pretext Putin used to invade Ukraine, he had to protect
the people from rabble rousers.

TommyT139

(1,741 posts)
4. Sad to say it, but
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 06:30 AM
Aug 12

... it's time to start asking where someone served before thanking them for their service.

It's a small number now, but will grow larger and larger. Hopefully so will the number of people who refuse illegal orders.

Javaman

(64,397 posts)
5. I'm waiting for the bunker hill moment.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:37 AM
Aug 12

I keep saying, less a civil war and more of a revolution.

Magoo48

(6,583 posts)
6. Yup, decidedly more a revolution.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:51 AM
Aug 12

At some point he will take an action which captures and inflames the spirit of the masses. Hopefully, this is inevitable and occurs sooner rather than later.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,760 posts)
15. Gods, I hope so.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:59 PM
Aug 12

I am a bit too cynical to feel that such a thing is going to happen in time to save anything.

Let's hope you are correct.

Fiendish Thingy

(20,448 posts)
7. Reminder: nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 09:15 AM
Aug 12

There simply aren’t enough troops, even if you include active duty military stationed overseas, to control 300 million people across all 50 states.

They couldn’t even control L.A.

P.S. DC is unique, in that it is a “federal district” unlike any other city in the US.

P.P.S. Guess what the media isn’t talking about while troops are deployed in DC?

mwmisses4289

(1,911 posts)
8. What the media isn't talking about...
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 09:25 AM
Aug 12

The almost instant spontaneous protests that sprang up in front of the white house in response to his hostile takeover of D.C.?

Miguelito Loveless

(5,140 posts)
12. The media is also
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:11 AM
Aug 12

following the Trump script carefully. They may mention that crime is down in DC, but they do little else.

azureblue

(2,538 posts)
14. What Trump is doing is illegal
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:24 PM
Aug 12

And it won't stop until a mayor or governor creates a physical confrontation.

Vinca

(52,553 posts)
16. Guess he hasn't seen the list of most dangerous cities. Better start in the red states. There are 4 in Ohio alone.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:05 PM
Aug 12
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