US EditionTrump says Chicago next up for federal crime crackdown
- On August 22, 2025, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that Chicago is expected to become the next focus of federal efforts aimed at addressing crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration.
- Trump attributed this move to Chicago's growing danger under Mayor Brandon Johnson, whom he called incompetent, and stated residents are "screaming for us to come."
- Trump compared Chicago’s impending intervention to his recent deployment of 2,000 troops and National Guard forces in Washington, D.C., where he credited federal presence with crime reductions despite ongoing investigations into police data practices.
- He mentioned that in Chicago, people are wearing red hats with slogans supporting him and that African-American women there are expressing a strong desire for President Trump to visit the city.
- The announcement suggests a continuation of federal law enforcement efforts in major cities run by Democrats with majority-minority populations, though state officials express uncertainty about the form or arrival of any federal intervention force in Chicago.
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The Daily Signal‘We Don’t Feel It’: As Dems Claim Crime Is Down, Chicagoan Says Locals Live In ‘Fear’
By Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation | August 26, 2025 Chicago resident Jedidiah Brown stated on Tuesday that people throughout his city live in “fear” of crime on a daily basis. Brown told NewsNation that residents are not experiencing a supposed decrease in crime, but rather they fear being “kidnapped” or “hurt” by criminals on the streets. Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have both in…
Even A Trump-Hating Governor Calls Out Democrats’ Crime ‘Doesn’t Exist’ Narrative
MSNBC has wall to wall programming claiming that crime isn’t really out of control in Democrat controlled cities and that Trump’s crackdown has been facilitated by a ‘manufactured crisis’, but even a Trump hating governor refused to go along with the talking point. The failing network brought on former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who refused to back Trump and infamously endorsed Joe Biden, presumably thinking he would slam Trump again, but…
John Kasich GOES OFF After Analyst Triggers Him On Crime
John Kasich went off on crime in cities like Chicago and Baltimore after listening to a fellow MSNBC analyst call President Donald Trump’s focus on crime a “manufactured crisis.” Kasich, the former GOP governor of Ohio turned fierce Trump critic, joined MSNBC’s Chris Jansing on Monday and immediately laid into what he had just heard as the panel discussed Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and his talk of doing so in o…
Arne Duncan Guest Essay: Trump’s Crackdown Will Make Crime Worse – The New York Times*
Arne Duncan: “President Trump has managed to put at risk years of hard work underway in cities across America to bring down crime, restore trust in the police and expand proven approaches to public safety that can save lives and money. High on Mr. Trump’s list of target cities is my hometown, Chicago, which is currently on track for the lowest number of homicides in any year since 1965…. One factor contributing to the positive trends in Chicago …
Not Just DC: Trump Is Going To Clean Up More Democrat Cities!
Credit: (Screenshot), WFAA, via YouTube President Donald Trump plans to clean up major U.S. cities that he says are plagued by crime. Democrats see his plans to use military troops as a political power grab. Trump has long decried the crime and conditions inside large U.S. cities, including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. He has taken action to address crime with federal troops over the objection of local leaders already in …
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