"I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I'm the President of the United States. If I think our country's in danger and it is in danger in these cities I can do it, no problem going in and solving, you know, his difficulties. But it would be nice if they'd call in and say, Would you do it? And we do it in conjunction."
"Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles in June and to Washington, D.C. this month, ostensibly to fight crime. In each case, he did so against the wishes of local officials. The president's plan has received a similarly cool reception in Chicago. This weekend, we learned from the media that Donald Trump has been planning for quite a while now to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker noted in Chicago on Monday."
President Donald Trump asserted sweeping authority to send federal and military forces into U.S. cities during a three-hour, 17-minute cabinet meeting in which he fielded questions and received praise from officials. He said he can deploy troops when he believes cities are in danger and dismissed local opposition to previous National Guard missions to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker warned that plans to deploy armed military personnel to Chicago had been under consideration for some time and called the move an overreach. Trump criticized Chicago leadership, noted police cooperation, and described local support from some residents wearing MAGA hats.
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