Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago: ‘We’re going in’
The US president has threatened to expand his crackdown on Democrat-led cities, following similar moves in Washington and Los Angeles
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, an extraordinary effort to militarise the country’s third-largest city that was likely to trigger a legal battle with local officials.
“We’re going in. I didn’t say when, but we’re going in,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson swiftly condemned the action.
“He just wants his own secret police force that will do publicity stunts whenever his poll numbers are sinking, whenever his jobs report shows a stagnating economy, whenever he needs another distraction from his failures,” he told reporters.