"Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and New York Democratic congressman, said Donald Trump had manufactured a crisis to justify sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders. Jeffries, appearing on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, accused the US president of playing games with the lives of Americans with his unprecedented domestic deployment of the military, which has escalated to include the arming of troops currently patrolling Washington DC after sending troops into Los Angeles in June."
"The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, said any such plan from Trump was perpetrating the most flagrant violation of our constitution in the 21st century. Here are the key Trump administration news stories of the day: Planning is under way to send national guard troops to Chicago, an official at the Pentagon confirmed to ABC News on Sunday, as House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Donald Trump of playing games with the lives of Americans."
Donald Trump planned to send federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, prompting accusations that he manufactured a crisis to bypass local leaders. Hakeem Jeffries accused the president of playing games with Americans' lives through an unprecedented domestic military deployment that escalated after armed troops patrolled Washington DC and deployments to Los Angeles in June. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called any such plan a flagrant violation of the Constitution. The Pentagon confirmed planning to protect federal assets while declining to speculate on operations. France summoned the US ambassador over a letter about antisemitic violence. Sergei Lavrov praised Trump’s peacemaking efforts, and Vice-President JD Vance said the US would continue trying to broker talks.
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