"Trump was asked Sunday whether he was threatening war with Chicago following a post on his website Truth Social one day earlier. "We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our cities," Trump told reporters on Sunday as he left the White House. "We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend. That's not war, that's common sense.""
"In response to the post, Illinois' Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, wrote on X that Trump was "threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal." Pritzker added: "Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won't be intimidated by a wannabe dictator." Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, also a Democrat, said Trump's threats were "beneath the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution.""
Trump said he does not intend to 'go to war' with American cities and vowed to 'clean them up' while proposing possible National Guard deployments to metropolitan areas to help fight crime or assist with deportations. He posted on Truth Social saying Chicago was 'about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR,' with Apocalypse Now references. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the post, calling it a threat, intimidation, and an attempt to occupy the city and erode the Constitution. Administration officials said Guard members may be used despite mayoral assertions that violent crime rates are declining.
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