Inside Trump’s plans to send troops into more American cities

特朗普计划派遣军队进入更多美国城市的内部

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2025-08-26

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The Defense Department is outlining plans to send troops to Chicago as soon as September.  These plans have been in the works for weeks – long before Trump’s declaration Friday that “it won’t even be tough” to send troops to the third-largest city in the U.S.  Pentagon reporter Dan Lamothe uncovered the details of these military plans, which are part of Trump’s broader crackdown on American cities. Dan speaks with host Colby Itkowitz about what a troop deployment in Chicago could look like, what legal arguments the administration is making and what we can learn from the military’s presence in Los Angeles and D.C.  Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff, with help from Thomas Lu. It was mixed by Sean Carter and edited by Reena Flores. Thanks to National Security Editor Andy  deGrandpre. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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  • First, President Donald Trump deployed troops to Los Angeles.

  • Then, Washington,

  • D.C. I really am honored that the National Guard has done such an incredible job working with the police.

  • Now he's looking at another American city.

  • And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come.

  • They're wearing red hats, just like this one.

  • But they're wearing red hats.

  • African-American ladies.

  • Beautiful ladies are saying, please, President Trump, come to Chicago.

  • Please.

  • On Friday, Trump signaled plans to expand his domestic use of military force.

  • He zeroed in on Chicago.

  • Chicago's a mess.

  • You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent.

  • And we'll straighten that one out probably next.

  • That'll be our next one after this.

  • And it won't even be tough.

  • It turns out this plan has been weeks in the making.

  • The Pentagon put together several military options for the president.

  • One option includes sending at least a few thousand National Guard troops to Chicago as soon as next month.