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(NewsNation) — The Trump medication has been moving connected plans to deploy thousands of National Guard members to Chicago, according to published reports that coincide with vocal absorption from Chicago’s politician and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker against what they see to beryllium national overreach.
The Guard mobilization successful Chicago, if it does travel to pass, would lucifer the subject beingness Trump ordered successful Washington, D.C. to combat transgression and homelessness. National Guard members person present been authorized to transportation work weapons successful the capital, the Defense Department said Sunday.
The Pentagon’s imaginable program for Chicago could nonstop astatine slightest 3,000 National Guard members to Chicago arsenic soon arsenic September, according to the Washington Post, which cited 2 anonymous sources. ABC News confirmed the information.
Trump has eyed Chicago for crackdown
Trump already signaled precocious past week the Windy City would beryllium the adjacent Democrat-controlled metropolis for what the Republican president has characterized arsenic a crackdown connected lawlessness.
White House Border czar Tom Homan implicit the play told NewsNation that Chicago was so a anticipation for unit deployments, arsenic helium discussed a abstracted program to person the National Guard assistance officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crossed 19 states.
Large flags alert arsenic a vendor sells merchandise extracurricular of a Fighting Oligarchy Tour lawsuit held by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) connected August 24, 2025 successful Chicago Illinois. The lawsuit was the last of 4 Sanders held implicit the weekend, hitting cities successful Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a predominant people of the Trump administration, said immoderate bid to nonstop troops to his metropolis would beryllium unconstitutional. “Chicago is not calling for a subject concern of our city. We are presently evaluating each of our ineligible options,” helium said successful a prepared connection Sunday.
Pritzker, a Democrat, said the president “is attempting to manufacture a situation … to distract from the symptom helium is causing moving families.”
Trump engages with Md. politician implicit crime
Meanwhile, Trump has been successful a back-and-forth with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who urged the president to sojourn Baltimore and really locomotion the streets earlier vilifying it arsenic a crime-ridden place. Moore, a Democrat, says officials person made large advancement successful turning things astir there.
Trump changeable backmost connected societal media: “I would overmuch similar that helium cleanable up this Crime catastrophe earlier I spell determination for a ‘walk.’”
Baltimore is simply a campaigner to person federalized National Guard members, too, Trump said.
NewsNation's Kevin Bohn and Andrew Fischer Espitallier contributed to this report.
