US EditionTrump Threatens Chicago with Deportations and Military-Style Crackdown, Sparking Democratic Backlash
President Trump plans to deploy 200 Homeland Security agents and potentially National Guard troops to tackle violent crime and illegal immigration, despite Chicago's lowest homicide rate since 1965, officials said.
- President Donald Trump threatened to use the Department of War in Chicago, increasing tensions related to deploying troops in Democratic cities.
- Thousands protested in Chicago after Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement for crime prevention, drawing criticism as an authoritarian act.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker expressed outrage at Trump's threats, stating, "Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator."
- Trump signed an order to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, with implications for law enforcement strategies nationwide.
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The U.S. President and Democrats in the state of Illinois are fighting over a possible military operation in the metropolis of Chicago. The president continues to pour oil into the fire - the answer comes promptly.
This is not normal
Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Palmer Report needs your help against Trump. Donate here now!Trump’s thuggish ways are manifesting themselves as he openly tries to male people all over the country think he’s cleaning up the streets. He is doing nothing of the sort, and anyone with a lick of sense KNOWS that to be true. But now he is making insolent threats to the city of Chicago, threatening them with his ab…
After weeks of warnings that Chicago could be the next American city to see National Guard patrolling the streets, local leaders are gearing up — from a governor bracing for a court battle to parade organizers postponing events — even though it's still unclear whether troops will be sent at all.
Across America there are stirrings of a giant backlash against Trump
As I travel around the country flogging my new book Coming Up Short (which, please remember, you can order here, and the audiobook here), I’m seeing a groundswell of revulsion against Trump.His economy is a disaster. He promised to bring down prices, yet the prices of most goods are rising. Food prices are soaring. Job growth has stalled. American manufacturing has contracted for six straight months.Trump’s poll numbers are dropping like stones.…
Thousands protest in Chicago as Trump renews Guard threat
(NewsNation) — Tensions are high in Chicago as people brace for ramped-up Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and a possible National Guard deployment over the weekend. Several thousand protesters gathered in downtown Chicago on Saturday to demand an end to the president's threats of flooding the city with immigration agents and military personnel. Protests also erupted outside the ICE processing center in the northern suburbs of Chicago, …
The confrontation between Donald Trump and Illinois Democratic leaders over the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago to combat crime escalated after the crossover of social media messages.]]>
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