Trump has repeatedly threatened to deploy the military inside major cities run by Democrats. Senior officials nationwide are preparing to defend their communities from his threats

Senior Democrats in US cities are preparing to defend their communities in the event of Donald Trump’s return to the White House after the former president has repeated threats that he would use presidential powers to seize control of major urban centers.

Trump has proposed deploying the military inside major cities largely run by Democrats to deal with protesters or to crush criminal gangs. He has threatened to dispatch large numbers of federal immigration agents to carry out mass deportations of undocumented people in so-called “sanctuary” cities.

He also aims to obliterate the progressive criminal justice policies of left-leaning prosecutors.

“In cities where there has been a complete breakdown of law and order … I will not hesitate to send in federal assets including the national guard until safety is restored,” Trump says in the campaign platform for his bid to become the 47th US president, Agenda47.

Trump provoked uproar earlier this week when he called for US armed forces to be deployed against his political rivals – “the enemy within” – on election day next month. But his plans to use national guard troops and military personnel as a means to attack those he sees as his opponents go much wider than that, spanning entire cities with Democratic leadership.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    8 hours ago

    It’s almost like having guns freely and widely accessible with few restrictions leads to a lot of death and injury, and the group with higher empathy has a problem with that.

      • chaogomu@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 hours ago

        No gun crime, that can be said quite easily. Or at least the numbers of shootings are small enough that they make international news when they happen.

        And also, the cops in those countries tend not to shoot people or pets. Like ever. Cases where an officer is forced to discharge their weapon are also international news stories.

        But here in the states, we wouldn’t know any of that, because here there are two or three mass shootings per day.

        Just let that dichotomy sink in a bit.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 hours ago

          No gun crime, that can be said quite easily. Or at least the numbers of shootings are small enough that they make international news when they happen.

          These countries also have safety nets and generally give a shit about their citizens. The usa doesn’t have any of that.

          And also, the cops in those countries tend not to shoot people or pets. Like ever. Cases where an officer is forced to discharge their weapon are also international news stories.

          We need to end qualified immunity here big time. Also something other countries(western) don’t have. 1 in 38ish deaths via firearms are from police. That’s including suicides which account for 66% of all gun deaths in the usa.

          But here in the states, we wouldn’t know any of that, because here there are two or three mass shootings per day.

          No there is not. This is the issue with data from the anti2a crowd, it’s like talking to the anti-abortion groups…made up and fully exaggerated shit.