President Donald Trump has once again sparked outrage after vowing to deploy federal troops into Chicago and New York, insisting that residents—particularly “African American ladies”—are pleading for his intervention.
At a press conference in the Oval Office, Trump bragged about sending the National Guard into Washington, D.C., last week, calling the move a success and declaring: “I think Chicago will be our next, and then we’ll help with New York.”
Trump went further, claiming he could even deploy the “regular military” if necessary, while painting a picture of Chicagoans supposedly “screaming for us to come” and “wearing red hats, just like this one.”
In one of his more eyebrow-raising remarks, Trump said: “African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, ‘Please, President Trump, come to Chicago — please.’ I did great with the Black vote as you know, and they want something to happen.”
Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson immediately blasted the threat, warning that such a move would be “unlawful, uncoordinated, and unsound,” and could inflame tensions between police and communities already struggling with trust.
Critics see Trump’s rhetoric as a political stunt—an attempt to exploit fears of crime while positioning himself as a law-and-order candidate ahead of the election. Meanwhile, Washington D.C.’s mayor reminded Americans that violent crime in the capital is at a 30-year low, despite Trump’s declaration of a “public safety emergency.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom, who previously clashed with Trump over National Guard deployments, warned this is just the beginning: “This is a preview of things to come. They’ve tested the boundaries of the law and of what the public will accept.”
