The White House has now plainly confirmed what many have suspected: President Donald Trump is using the military against his political enemies in the United States. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, on the record and out loud, that the president would “love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country.” This declaration came during a press briefing where Leavitt was asked about high crime rates in states led by Republicans.
Basically, ignore every republican city with real problems and focus on Democrats, ie, Trump’s enemies. Per MSNBC, the White House believes, “[T]hese are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington, D.C., every day.” This statement from the White House comes just a month after Trump militarized Washington, D.C. Since then, the administration has pointed to Chicago and Baltimore as potential future targets for similar troop deployments.
