Trump: I’ll Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ to Cities
President Trump speaks to US troops during his visit to the USS George Washington at the Navy's base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
President Donald Trump escalated his warnings about what he describes as “troubled” American cities on Tuesday, suggesting that military troops could be deployed if necessary.
Speaking to U.S. troops at the naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, Trump said, “We have cities that are troubled—we can’t have cities that are troubled. We’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities.”
He added, “We’re not going to have people killed in our cities. Whether people like that or not, that’s what we’re doing.”
Trump has already dispatched National Guard units to cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and Memphis in response to protests related to immigration enforcement. Local officials in all but Memphis have questioned these deployments, according to USA Today. The president has also suggested the possibility of invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act, which would allow him to deploy active-duty military forces if the National Guard proves insufficient. “I’d do it if it was necessary,” he said earlier this month. “So far, it hasn’t been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I’d do that.”
In addition to domestic concerns, Trump took a strong stance on U.S. operations against drug smuggling in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “We’re winning it already, the sea,” he said, according to the New York Times. “I mean, the only problem is, nobody wants to go into the sea anymore, even the fishing boats.”
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