Trump claims US 'under invasion from within' in 'insane' speech to military leaders
Topics: News, US News, Donald Trump
Gerrard Kaonga
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Topics: News, US News, Donald Trump
Donald Trump has left people shocked after explaining the big plans he has for the country that includes the deployment of the military.
Trump has made it clear the military will be key to his upcoming plans for the nation.
Giving a speech on Tuesday (September 30) to military leaders, Trump insisted that the US was at war internally and that he would be the one to fix the problems across America.
He said he was refocusing the military to help law enforcement domestically and went on to praise the National Guard troops in D.C.
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This is in reference to the work they began doing in August this year. 1,700 National Guard soldiers were deployed across the country with the main objective of assisting ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.
He also took issue with Democrat-led cities and indicated he would be making changes.
He said: “They’re very unsafe places, and we're going to straighten them out one by one.
"And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war, too. It's a war from within. Controlling the physical territory of our border is essential to national security. We can't let these people in."
Most concerningly, he argued that that country was ‘under invasion from within’ and these comments have not gone down well on social media.
Trump added: “After spending trillions of dollars defending the borders of foreign countries, with your help, we’re defending the borders of our country from now on.”
He also claims he told Secretary of War Pete Hegseth: "We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military — National Guard, but our military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon.
"That's a big city with an incompetent governor."
One Twitter user argued that Trump was ‘humiliating’ the nation with his comments.
Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor." pic.twitter.com/v9gb2OhhcJ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2025
They said: “Are you guys watching this Trump speech to military leaders? It’s a slurring, inane, low energy, rambling, humiliation for the United States.”
Another added: “I can't bear to watch, it's so appalling just from the clips. Surely there will be backlash within the military? Surely????”
A third commented: “He truly is AMERICA's SHAME.....The fact that people around the world are watching this is such a humiliating embarrassment.”
With another adding: “Ludicrously high bar but Trump’s speech to all the US Generals today might be the most insane moment of either of his presidencies."
And a fifth simply writing: “It’s embarrassing.”
During his speech, Trump also issued a veiled warning to Russia and China and insisted the US was more than two decades ahead of both nations in nuclear submarines.
He said: “We were a little bit threatened by Russia recently, and I sent a submarine, nuclear submarine, the most lethal weapon ever made.
“Number one, you can't detect it. There's no way. We're 25 years ahead of Russia and China in submarines.
“Frankly, if it does get to use, we have more than anybody else. We have better, we have newer, but it's something we don't ever want to even have to think about."