"There does not seem to be a clear point or purpose in President Trump's address to military generals today. It's a garden variety tear; he's talking about tariffs, Joe Biden and the autopen, the southern border, CNN, his personal feelings about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his anxieties that he won't be given a Nobel Peace Prize he feels he deserves. These are things he talks about almost every day regardless of audience or setting."
"He did, however, speak with great moral clarity about certain classes of Americans whom he views as a grave threat.... The most consequential parts of the commander-in-chief's speech were the sections in which he attempted to prepare flag officers for increased deployment of the military in American cities.... He called 'inner cities' 'a big part of war.' He said America is 'under invasion from within.'"
Topics included tariffs, Joe Biden and the autopen, the southern border, CNN, Vladimir V. Putin, and an asserted entitlement to a Nobel Peace Prize. A suggestion urged renewed consideration of battleships and referenced the 1950s naval series 'Victory at Sea.' Foreign adversaries received little condemnation; Vladimir V. Putin was described in largely neutral terms and China was barely mentioned. Certain domestic populations were characterized as grave threats, with 'inner cities' called 'a big part of war' and America described as 'under invasion from within.' Instructions called for increased deployment of military forces within American cities and criticism targeted cities run by 'radical left Democrats.'
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