President Trump considers deploying National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore
President Donald Trump is contemplating sending the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, despite opposition from local leaders.
President Donald Trump is contemplating sending the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, despite opposition from local leaders.
President Donald Trump is contemplating sending the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, despite opposition from local leaders.
President Donald Trump announced during a press conference on Tuesday that the National Guard could be deployed to more cities, including Chicago and Baltimore, as part of his ongoing efforts to combat crime.
Although he did not specify a timeline, Trump said, "We're going in—I didn't say when we're going in."
The deployment timing remains unclear, but revealed that the state was informed on Saturday about immigration agents heading to Chicago as soon as this week. Trump also mentioned the possibility of sending the National Guard to Baltimore.
Local leaders, including Gov. Pritzker and , have expressed strong opposition to the president's plan.
Pritzker said, "When did we become a country where it's okay for the U.S. president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?" Pritzker was responding to Trump's comments earlier in the day suggesting Pritzker should ask for Trump to send federal forces to Chicago.
, "I want to be very clear. We don't need or want the National Guard here."
Baltimore's mayor also indicated that the city would take "whatever action necessary based on when and how they do things."
Illinois' attorney general has announced the state plans to sue once federal intervention begins.
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