More details on Trump’s possible deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago may surface this week, as his administration looks to curb crime in Democratic-run cities.
More details of President Donald Trump’s potential deployment of additional National Guard troops to Chicago could come into focus this week.
The move comes as the Trump administration doubles down on its tough-on-crime agenda, seeking a larger federal footprint in Democrat-led cities, drawing pushback from local leaders who contend the move is political.
On Friday, Trump said he would address crime in other major U.S. cities, describing D.C. as a „hellhole“ before federal law enforcement and more than 2,200 National Guard members were mobilized to patrol the city’s streets. „Now it’s safe“, the president said a day after visiting with deployed troops in the capital.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said last week that more than 700 arrests have been made in D.C. since Aug. 11.
Trump said he would expand security efforts to other major U.S. cities across the country, singling out Chicago but offering few specifics.
„Chicago’s a mess. You have an incompetent mayor. Grossly incompetent“, Trump said on Friday, adding that the Windy City will „be our next one after this“, a reference to the current security presence in Washington.
