US President Donald Trump, during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, claimed that his authority as a chief commander had no limits in the deployment of the National Guard.
“Not that I wouldn’t – I would – I would do the right to do anything I want to do. I am the President of the United States. If I think our country is in danger and is in danger in these cities.
Chicago focuses
Trump described Chicago as a “hellish hole” and claimed that the inhabitants were asking him to hit to reduce the crime. “They need help. We can wait. We can or may not, we can just do it and do what is probably what we should do,” he told reporters.
This reflects its previous comments at the beginning of this month, when he called Chicago “mess” and suggested that the city can be another for federal intervention. Trump has long criticized Chicago on the campaign, compared it with war zones, and committed a federal action in response to arms violence.
Federal military readiness
Trump said that the US military is ready to deploy anywhere in a short time. “We can go anywhere for less than 24 hours,” he said when signing executive orders aimed at suspicious criminals released on the cashless deposit.
He also ordered the Ministry of Defense to ensure that each state has the National Guard units ready for quick mobilization to help civil disorders and public security and create a constant rapid reaction force.
Become pushback
Governor Illinois JB Pritzker stressed that his state did not ask for federal intervention. “The point is that Donald Trump is looking for any justification of the deployment of the army in a blue city in a blue state to try to intimidate his political rivals,” Pritzker said. The Prosecutor General in Illinois also stated that legal steps to block any federal commitment in Chicago would be taken.
Crime in Chicago
Chicago has long been facing a high level of arms violence, although crime, including murder, has declined over the last year. Mayor Brandon Johnson noted that federal funding has helped the city to reduce the level of murder by more than 30% year -on -year.
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