Trump suggests Chicago next for federal crime crackdown, then New York City

Trump connected national takeover successful different cities

Trump suggests national takeover successful different cities aft Washington, D.C. 02:38

Washington — President Trump connected Friday said Chicago volition astir apt beryllium the national government's adjacent people for its anti-crime effort, pursuing the ongoing operation successful Washington, D.C., with New York City aft that.

The remarks were the president's clearest denotation yet that helium intends to bring his crusade against transgression beyond the corridors of his nonstop authorization successful Washington. Mr. Trump besides said he's consenting to bring successful the "regular military" into the District of Columbia, not conscionable the National Guard, which would beryllium a important escalation of the president's usage of the subject connected U.S. soil. 

"I truly americium honored that the National Guard has done specified an unthinkable occupation moving with the police," Mr. Trump told reporters Friday. "And we haven't had to bring successful the regular military, which we're consenting to bash if we person to. And aft we bash this, we'll spell to different location, and we'll marque it safe, also."

"Chicago's a mess," helium continued. You person an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that 1 retired astir apt next, that'll beryllium our adjacent 1 aft this."

He said "the radical successful Chicago" are "screaming for america to come."

"They're wearing reddish hats ... African American ladies, beauteous ladies, are saying, 'Please, President Trump, travel to Chicago. Please.' I did large with the Black vote, arsenic you know. And they privation thing to happen, so, I deliberation Chicago volition beryllium our next, and past we'll assistance with New York."

"When we're acceptable we'll spell successful and we'll straighten retired Chicago, conscionable similar we did D.C.," the president added. 

Mr. Trump said the national authorities whitethorn besides intervene successful San Francisco, among different cities. 

It's not yet wide however the national authorities oregon National Guard would beryllium capable to intervene successful a metropolis that's not  Washington, D.C., wherever the national authorities has unique authority implicit the district. 

State National Guard units are nether the power of the governor, not Mr. Trump, and helium does not person the powerfulness to temporarily instrumentality power of metropolis constabulary departments extracurricular of D.C. Illinois, New York and California each person Democratic governors and mayors who would beryllium improbable to spell on with Mr. Trump's plans. Mr. Trump made the comments successful the Oval Office Friday, during an announcement astir the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 

The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits subject troops from participating successful definite civilian instrumentality enforcement actions, but arsenic expressly authorized by law.