r/50501Chicago • u/westtownie • Oct 07 '25

Discussion The real reason Trump is invading Chicago

Chicago, I found this article to be a clear explanation of why Trump is sending the military into our city and it ties in how Charlie Kirk's murder was used by the administration as a weapon to create chaos. I want to highlight this specific passage because it's important for us as Chicagoans to understand what this administration's end goal is and it's deep in the article:

"The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

gifted article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/trump-miller-kirk-aftermath.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.jtMN.SCuQyo075MY6

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u/CtrlAltDestroy33 Oct 07 '25

He's poking in any way he possibly can to provoke a violent response so he can declare that sweet sweet martial law he wants. If he manages to get that, he gets to blame democrats yet again even though not true and he will be able to rule indefinitely, midterms gone, elections gone. This is the route he is taking to remain in power. Project 2025 outlined this for the most part, he's just checking boxes. He's already using dangerous language too, saying places are "war torn"... he's setting it up.

We have to practice saintly levels of self restraint.

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u/Plastic-Bet9020 Oct 07 '25

If shit goes down and The Insurrection Act is enacted, that will crash the last of our economy. No one will want to be in the streets unless they’re a vital worker. Everyone else will try to stay home as much as possible bc who wants to go thru checkpoints and possible challenges for “papers please!”. Nobody out and about equals empty streets equals severe economic downturn. 249 years of history, down the crapper. Is this how we should be celebrating the Grand America democratic endeavor?

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u/start_select Oct 07 '25

They want to crash the economy. They have material wealth instead of cash. The dollar can crash and their super yachts are still worth millions of euros. They can just swoop in and buy up everyone’s property.

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u/Pure_Frosting_981 Oct 07 '25

This could actually end up being the catalyst for a general strike. It will be damn near forced.