Trump Walks Back 'War' Rhetoric as Chicago Braces for ICE Raids and Possible Guard Role

Trump intensifies promises of federal law enforcement action in Chicago

U.S. President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from Apocalypse Now featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation’s third-largest city.

‘Chicago Braces’: PBS Sees City Afraid of Trump’s ‘Crackdown on Crime’ and Illegals

Sunday’s edition of PBS News Weekend led with the anchor and his guest blaming President Trump for using social media to lead to “heightened tensions” in Chicago before his promised crackdown on crime and illegal immigration in that high-crime city (as if the high murder rate and crime rate in general wasn’t stoking tensions before).

Resistance mounts in Chicago as city braces for potential National Guard deployment

'Fund the schools, not the Guard!'

Democrats slam Trump’s ‘Chipocalypse Now’ post: ‘No Donald, Chicago is not your war zone’

Democrats blasted President Donald Trump after he posted an AI-generated “Chipocalypse Now” meme threatening to unleash the military on Chicago. Illinois leaders, including Gov. JB Pritzker, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Dick Durbin, and Mayor Brandon Johnson, condemned the remarks as authoritarian

Immigration is key to Trump’s urban crime crackdown. DC is a case study.

As President Trump considers intervening in additional U.S. cities to address crime, a takeaway from Washington, D.C., is that immigration enforcement is likely to play a leading role.

Democrats release suggestive letter to Epstein purportedly signed by Trump, which he denies. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe

President Trump has denied the existence of the letter and filed a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a report that described such a page in detail.