When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth summoned around 800 top military officers to Quantico, Virginia, this week, there was widespread speculation about mass firings, new geopolitical priorities, even a declaration of war.

None of that happened. Instead, President Donald Trump showed up to deliver many of his usual boasts and grievances to a largely subdued group of service members. But Trump then pivoted to something new for the military: essentially asserting that they should be deployed to US cities, including San Francisco and Chicago.

“I told Pete we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, cause we’re going into Chicago very soon,” Trump said.

Hegseth followed this with his own meandering speech, largely focused

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