Tension grows as Trump insists he wants to send U.S. troops to Chicago

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That requires support and coordination — yet we’ve experienced nothing like that over the past several weeks,” Pritzker said in a post on X. “Instead of taking steps to work with us on public safety, the Trump administration’s focused on scaring Illinoisians.”AdvertisementThe White House did not respond when asked whether Trump would send National Guard troops to Chicago without the request from the governor. AdvertisementIn his Monday remarks, Trump claimed that he “saved Los Angeles” and that crime is down to “virtually nothing” in Washington because he decided to send military forces to patrol the cities. Now, I can’t claim 100%, but we are a safe city.”Trump said “we can do the same thing” in other cities, like Chicago and New York City. “We are waiting for a call from Chicago,” Trump said.