"We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don't wear uniforms,"
"We're going to straighten them out one by one. This is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. It's a war too,"
"History is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies, foreign and domestic,"
"Many of our leaders used the military to keep peace. Now they say you aren't allowed to use the military,"
Generals and admirals flew in from across the globe to hear the president redefine the military's mission and attack political opponents. He framed unrest as an "invasion from within," describing violent criminals and elected Democrats interchangeably as "enemies within." The president ordered National Guard deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis and Portland, often over local objections, and suggested using such deployments as a playbook for other cities like Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco as "training grounds." He invoked historical precedent of presidents using armed forces for domestic order while the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 limits military use as a domestic police force.
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