Trump" "I'll Straighten Out Chicago "
Aug 23, 2025
Trump" "I'll Straighten Out Chicago "
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President Donald Trump told reporters at
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the White House on Friday that he has
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his eye on Chicago.
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"When we're ready, we'll go ahead and
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we'll straighten out Chicago, just like
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we did DC. Chicago is very dangerous,"
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he said. Trump also took a jab at
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Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon
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Johnson, saying, "I haven't spoken to
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the mayor. He's grossly incompetent."
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Trump earlier in the day met with
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reporters at the Kennedy Center in
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Washington DC to talk about the impact
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of his recent order of federal control
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of law enforcement in the district
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surrounding the nation's capital. He
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pointed out that since the takeover and
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deployment of National Guard troops to
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assist local law enforcement, there has
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not been a murder in DC. He told
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reporters at the White House that he was
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ready to take unspecified steps to
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combat crime in Chicago.
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Probably that'll be our next one after
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this. DC and it won't even be tough.
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Trump also told reporters to consider
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San Francisco as a potential candidate
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for federal help. We'll clean that one
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up, too. The president said he would not
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name names, but said Democrats around
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the country are calling, asking for help
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in their hometowns.
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We've already had calls from other
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cities, quiet calls, calls from
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Democrats, Trump said. He said they're
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asking for federal help since local
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leaders aren't doing their job to
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protect citizens. He said they've called
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the White House because, as Trump
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described, we'll straighten out the
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problem. Trump has said that he might
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consider a total federal takeover of DC
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if Mayor Muriel Bowser failed to improve
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her management of the district. He also
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announced a massive $2 billion plan to
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clean up and beautify
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