President Donald Trump on Monday slammed Illinois and Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker amid studies that planning is underway on the Pentagon for the potential use of Nationwide Guard forces in Chicago.
“When I’ve some slob like Pritzker criticizing us earlier than we even go there — I made the assertion that subsequent needs to be Chicago as a result of, as you all know, Chicago is a killing discipline proper now they usually do not acknowledge it,” Trump mentioned within the Oval Workplace on Monday.
“Lots of people are saying: ‘Possibly we like a dictator.’ I don’t like a dictator. I’m not a dictator. I’m a person with nice frequent sense and a sensible individual,” Trump added.
Trump went forwards and backwards over whether or not the federal government ought to ship Nationwide Guard troops to different cities or wait to be requested.
President Donald Trump speaks as he indicators government orders within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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“We might wait. We might or might not. We may go in and do it, which might be what we should always do,” Trump mentioned. “The issue is, it is not good whenever you go in and do it and any individual else is standing there saying, as we give nice outcomes, say, ‘Nicely, we do not need the navy.'”
