President Trump is reiterating threats to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco to combat crime. He used a 30-day declaration of home rule in Washington, D.C., to place law enforcement under federal control there and praised the National Guard's cooperation with police. Legal authority to send troops into other cities remains unclear and contested. Trump publicly named San Francisco, Chicago, and New York as targets for federal intervention and claimed local residents urged him to act. A federal court ruling in San Francisco may influence any attempt to expand deployments beyond D.C.
"Look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco. They've destroyed it. We could clean that up too. We'll clean that one up too."
"I really am honored that the National Guard has done such an incredible job working with the police [in DC]."
"Chicago's a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that one out probably next, that'll be our next one after this."
"They're wearing red hats ... African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, 'Please, President Trump, come to Chicago. Please.' I did great with the Black vote, as you know. And they want something to happen, so, I think Chicago will be our next, and then we'll help with New York,"
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