QUANTICO, Va. — President Donald Trump told U.S. military leaders on Tuesday that "America is under invasion from within," and that he wants to use "dangerous" American cities "run by radical-left Democrats" as "training grounds" for the armed forces.

Trump made the comments while speaking, along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to a gathering of hundreds of top U.S. military officials who were abruptly summoned to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, near Washington.

The president specifically mentioned four U.S. cities — San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles — during his Tuesday speech, days after he announced he was sending federal troops to Portland , "authorizing Full Force, if necessary." He said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Port

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