Trump Says He’ll Next Send National Guard Into Chicago, New York
President Donald Trump said he plans to send the National Guard to Chicago next as part of his attempts to curb violence in multiple U.S. cities, which began with similar measures taken in Washington D.C.
The Friday comment came just one day after the president visited troops in D.C., where he deployed them in what he described as an attempt to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.”
"To me D.C. is very exciting and a lot of people say, 'Whoa, where's he going from there?' Well, I have calls from politicians begging me to go to Chicago, begging me to go to New York, begging me to go to Los Angeles," the president told reporters Friday morning.
Then, later from the White House, Trump said he thinks "Chicago will be next."
"Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out probably next," Trump said. "That'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago ... are screaming for us to come ... so I think Chicago will be our next and then we'll help with New York."
Trump did not give any indication on timing other than saying it will begin "when we're ready."
The Friday comment came just one day after the president visited troops in D.C., where he deployed them in what he described as an attempt to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.”
"To me D.C. is very exciting and a lot of people say, 'Whoa, where's he going from there?' Well, I have calls from politicians begging me to go to Chicago, begging me to go to New York, begging me to go to Los Angeles," the president told reporters Friday morning.
Then, later from the White House, Trump said he thinks "Chicago will be next."
"Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out probably next," Trump said. "That'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago ... are screaming for us to come ... so I think Chicago will be our next and then we'll help with New York."
Trump did not give any indication on timing other than saying it will begin "when we're ready."
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