Posted on 10/28/2025 2:06:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In a speech to American troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, President Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the military if he decides it is appropriate.
President Trump told American troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday that he was prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into cities to enforce his crackdowns on crime and immigration, further escalating how he has talked about using the military at home and abroad. Speaking to thousands of military service members aboard an aircraft carrier at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan on Tuesday, Mr. Trump delivered a partisan speech that resembled the raucous rallies that made him an ascendant force in U.S. politics.
But throughout his nearly hourlong speech, his usual ramblings about the physical appearances of audience members and steam-powered catapults were laced with dark warnings about how he might choose to deploy military forces.
“We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are troubled,” Mr. Trump said. “And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities.”
Mr. Trump also defended the U.S. military’s strikes against what the administration has said are suspected drug smugglers. The tactics have drawn widespread rebuke from experts who have said it is illegal to use the military to target civilians — including criminal suspects — who are not directly participating in hostilities.
Mr. Trump has increasingly used speeches to the military to air his grievances and bolster his accomplishments. Still, the scene was striking: an American president defending war and military deployments on U.S. soil, and employing partisan talking points on the global stage. The president delivered his speech on the U.S.S. George Washington, an aircraft...
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"President" Trump to you.
I think he's earned it.
The NY Slimes “news”paper
Finally!
I think Erica and Katie have been told that if the newspaper turns blue, they’ve got a problem...
[“We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are troubled,” Mr. Trump said. “And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities.”]
God bless and protect President Donald Trump 🛐🙏✝️
"Mr." is a perfectly appropriate way to refer to the President of the United States. Has been for a long, long, time.
Mostly owned by Soros of Murder!
Trump is going to organize free public concerts by Lee Greenwood and Kid Rock, with a Charlie Daniels tribute band as the opener, and force all residents to attend them.
who is “more than the National Guard”?
Cong Rostenkowski, House Ways & Means, sent the ATF and FBI into Chicago to rat out Rostys potential opponents. (The ATF came directly to me, seeking my assistance to do this.)
What are the potential ways that that would be “more”?
who is “more than the National Guard”?
Cong Rostenkowski, House Ways & Means, sent the ATF and FBI into Chicago to rat out Rostys potential opponents. (The ATF came directly to me, seeking my assistance to do this.)
What are the potential ways that that would be “more”?
Should arrest Schumer for Terrorism.
New York Times
As far as I got.
To you and I? Mr. President.
To the Slimes? I demand Lord Trump the Great, Protector of the Realm, Long May His Grace Reign.
mark
NYT haz a sad because Trump is still our president.
Amen
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