WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.”

Addressing an audience of military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of the military’s role in domestic affairs.

The speeches drew a sharp rebuke from Aurora Democratic Congressperson Jason Crow, a decorated former Army Ranger.

“I went to war three times for this country. I served under some of America’s finest military leaders, many of whom attended today’s address in Quantico,” Crow said in a statement. “Nothing said during today’s gathering necessitated hundreds of military leaders being forced from their posts,

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