In front of an audience of top brass on Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested the military use American cities as “training grounds” and that senior leaders would be part of combating “a war from within.”

Trump named San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles as cities run by “the radical left Democrats” and said that the military leaders in the room he was addressing would be involved in helping “straighten them out, one by one.”

“That’s a war too,” he said. “It’s a war from within.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addressed the top brass before Trump, warning adversaries against “FAFO” and senior leaders that if they disagreed with the direction of the Pentagon under his leadership, they should resign, among other comments central to his efforts to root out “woke” culture

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