Trump says he’s committed to sending National Guard troops to Chicago

“We’re going in. I didn’t say when, but we’re going in,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.

But Trump, at one point, suggested he wanted a request from the mayor, saying that “I would love to receive calls from governors and mayors saying they need help.”

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat whose name has also been floated as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, has previously said the president lacks the legal authority to deploy troops to his state if not requested by the governor.

Trump has been threatening to expand his federal crackdown on Democrat-led US cities to Chicago, casting the use of presidential power as an urgent effort to tackle crime even as city officials cite declines in homicides, gun violence and burglaries.

Local officials and residents in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, have been preparing for the possible arrival of federal agents and troops.

The Democratic mayor, surrounded by other city leaders, signed an executive order on Saturday aimed at preparing Chicago for any US enforcement operation, as Trump has staged in Los Angeles and Washington.

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