Trump's Threat to Use Military in U.S. Cities Sparks Criticism
President Donald Trump has claimed he could send the Navy, Air Force, and Marines into U.S. cities to do "whatever I want" and the courts would not stop him.
"If I want to enact a certain Act, I'm allowed to do it... And the courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would get involved, and I could send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. I could send anybody I wanted."
Trump's comments represent a dramatic escalation and sparked widespread criticism that he was trying to play out a "dictator fantasy" by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to bypass the legal system.
- Trump warned that he could "routinely" invoke the Insurrection Act to use all arms of the military against his own citizens.
- The administration's deployment of the National Guard has escalated tensions.
Author's summary: Trump sparks criticism with threat to use military in US cities.
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