Source: TomDispatch
by Nick Turse
“Earlier this month, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the armed forces on more American cities during a rambling address to top military brass. He told the hundreds of generals and admirals gathered to hear him that some of them would be called upon to take a primary role at a time when his administration has launched occupations of American cities, deployed tens of thousands of troops across the United States, created a framework for targeting domestic enemies, cast his political rivals as subhuman, and asserted his right to wage secret war and summarily execute those he deems terrorists. Trump used that bizarre speech to take aim at cities he claimed ‘are run by the radical left Democrats,’ including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.” (10/16/25)
https://tomdispatch.com/on-the-precipice-of-authoritarian-rule/