Trump restated his intention to send troops to Chicago even after a judge ruled such actions illegal.
Mere hours after a federal judge ruled that his use of U.S. troops in police actions in Los Angeles was illegal, President Donald Trump threatened to carry out a similar operation in Chicago.
Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said that he still plans to deploy troops in the nation’s third-largest city over the objections of local and state leaders.
“We’re going in,” Trump said. “This isn’t a political thing. I have an obligation.”
Echoing law and order rhetoric he used to defend similar actions in D.
