President Donald Trump on Tuesday told the military's top generals about his controversial plans to send troops to "dangerous" Democratic cities, arguing, "We're under invasion from within."

Trump made clear that the military's job is not only to protect the United States from threats abroad but also what he repeatedly referred to as a domestic enemy in American cities.

"It's a war from within," the president said to the room of high-ranking military generals who flew from across the globe to Quantico, Virginia. "We're under invasion from within."

Trump talked about his efforts to increase the use of U.S. military in American cities. Trump specifically said that Democratic-run cities, such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco, are in "bad shape," and that he threatened to "s

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