BREAKING: Trump Reiterates Plan to Deploy Forcesโค to Chicago, Illinois Governor Condemns Move
CHICAGO, IL – September 2, 2024 – Former President Donald Trump โขon Monday once again voiced his intention to deploy U.S. forces to Chicago, despite repeated objections from Illinois Governor โขJ.B. Pritzker and widespreadโข public opposition. Trump claimed “we โฃcan do the same thing”โ inโ Chicago as he did in Washington, D.C.,โข andโ Los Angeles, stating, “we’ll fix chicago,” and that his management is “waiting for a call from Chicago.”
The renewed push comes as the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday the launch of an โฃimmigration enforcement operationโข in Chicago,targeting “the โขworst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”
governor Pritzker sharply criticized the Trump administration’s approach, โstating via a post on X (formerly Twitter), “This requiresโ support and coordination – yet we’ve experienced nothing like that over the past several weeks. Rather of taking steps to โwork with us on public safety, theโฃ Trump administration’s focused on scaring Illinoisians.”
Pritzker’s office confirmed they have not received any “formal dialog or facts” from the Trump administration regarding potential troop deployments,according to spokesperson Matt Hill.โ “Like the public and press, we are learning of their operations through social media as โthey โattempt to โฃproduce a reality โtelevision show,” Hill saeid in an email. “If he cared aboutโข delivering real solutions for Illinois, then โคwe would have heard from him.”
Trump’s commentsโ echoโค previous statements regarding sending military forces toโ Democratic-led cities. He has pointedโ to deployments in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles as successes,โข claiming โcrime is “virtually nothing” in theโค nation’s โcapital. However, a federal judge last week ruled similar deployments were illegal, asserting Trump was attempting to “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”
During his remarks Monday, Trump downplayed instances of domestic violence,โค stating they are “much lesser things” that should not be factored into assessing the effectiveness of his crime-fighting efforts. “things that take place โin the home, they call crime. โฃThey’ll do anythingโ they can to find something,” he lamented. “If a โman has a little fight with the wife,they โsay this was a crime. Now, I can’t claim 100%, but we areโฃ a safe city.”
A recent CBS/YouGov poll indicates that most โAmericans oppose the idea of sending National Guard troops to cities,โ though the Republican base largely supports Trump’s initiative asโ a means to reduce crime.
Pritzker, in a social media post โSunday, accused the Trump administration of trampling on citizens’ constitutional rights “in the โfakeโฃ guiseโ of fighting crime,” and questioned the potential consequences ofโ normalizing such actions.”Once Donald Trump getsโ the citizens of this nation cozy with the current โฃatrocities committed under the colour of law – โฃwhat comes next?” he asked.