"The city of Chicago does not need a military occupation," he said.

Trump has already deployed 800 National Guard troops in Washington DC, declaring a public safety emergency. He is setting his sights now on Chicago.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called Trump's approach “uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound."

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker also accuses Republican US president of pushing to ‘manufacture a crisis’ to abuse power.

"The city of Chicago does not need a military occupation," he said.

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Local officials and activists called the potential federal deployment of troops ‘uncoordinated’ and an ‘authoritarian power grab’.

The Illinois governor hit back at the president's threats of deploying National Guard troops to the city in a forceful speech.

In speech, Pritzker says Trump won't improve Chicago's safety by sending in National Guard. Instead, he says the president is 'defunding the police.'