Chicago’s defender program may be the focus as Trump’s week unfolds

More details about the president Donald Trump’s Additional National Guards may be deployed to Chicago this week.

The move comes as the Trump administration redoubles its efforts on the crime agenda to seek a larger federal footprint in Democratic-led cities, thus attracting the impetus of local leaders who believe the move is political.

Trump vows to make DC “safeer” and “beautiful” as the capital struggles with crime and homelessness

On Friday, Trump said he would commit crimes in other major U.S. cities, describing DC as “hell” before federal law enforcement and more than 2,200 National Guard Members are mobilized to patrol the city’s streets. “It’s safe now,” the president said the day after visiting with troops deployed by the capital.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Said last week More than 700 people were arrested It has been produced in DC since August 11.

Trump said he will expand his security efforts to other major cities across the country, picking out Chicago, but offers few details.

“Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor. Very incompetent,” Trump said Friday.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Democrat, In a statement on Friday, it said His city has not received any details about additional federal law enforcement or military deployment. He called the Trump administration’s efforts “incoordinated, al-free.”

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement Saturday that he had not heard from the federal government, noting that his state did not ask for security assistance.

According to the city’s own figures, Chicago is home to about 2.7 million people, occupying a national high in homicides for 13 consecutive years, recording 573 years in 2024 alone.

The size and scope of potential deployments are not yet known Chicago Will be, or when will it start.

Over the weekend, Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Baltimore after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore invited to take a public safety walk and understand security needs.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore greeted guests during a campaign on June 7, 2024 at the Kentland Community Center in Landover, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“As president, I would rather he clean up this crime disaster before going there for a walk,” Trump wrote in the “Truth Society Outpost.” He added that he could deploy National Guard members to Maryland to “quickly clean up crime.” The president added that he does not appreciate Moore’s tone Invitation on August 21.

Trump says he can send the National Guard to Maryland to resolve crimes

Earlier this month, the Trump administration developed plans to curb crime, and the growing homeless population in the country’s capital.

“Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is a good person who has tried it, but she has many opportunities and the crime numbers get worse, the city will only become dirty and more attractive. The American public will no longer bear it.”

A man sleeps in the view of the U.S. Capitol in front of Union Station in Washington, DC on May 31, 2022. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Trump in a separate Truth Society Position He hopes that homeless people will stay away from the “capital of the country” ” immediately. “You don’t have to move out, criminals. We will send you into your sense of belonging,” he wrote in the same article, adding that the new crackdown on both issues “will happen soon.”

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“There won’t be a gentleman.” Good man. “We want our capital to be returned,” Trump wrote, adding that more details about the efforts will be laid out at a press conference on Monday.