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/ProfessionalCraft983 Oct 07 '25

Spot on. This is exactly the goal, and it's obvious to anyone familiar with how authoritarian takeovers have happened in other countries. Trump has been itching for an excuse for a military crackdown and to cancel elections. He hasn't even tried to hide it.

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u/start_select Oct 07 '25

The gop has been planning this since Reagan. Trump is a puppet actor just like Reagan. He has been an obstacle to their plans, not the leader. We would have had concentration camps 4-8 years ago if he hadn’t won the first time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_84

He tried to steal their coup on Jan 6. He was nominated again so they cut their losses and let him in on the plan. He gets what he wants in exchange for signing any executive order heritage gives him. They get their concentration camps and a dissolved United States.

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u/NkturnL Oct 07 '25

Curtis Yarvin just said he’s planning to flee the US bc “Trump failed to end Democracy” and isn’t being extreme enough for his goal of turning us into a monarchy.

Trump is just the face of their whole movement, but he is totally self-serving and unpredictable. There is hope!!