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

President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armed

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

Trump’s threat coincided with the announcement that military members in Washington, DC, would be armed during patrols.

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

The Democratic governor of Illinois, which includes Chicago, accused Trump of ‘attempting to manufacture a crisis’.

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the US military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented…

Opponents accuse president of ‘power grab’ as Republicans manoeuvre to extend his control over Washington DC

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.

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

President Trump's threat to send federal agents to Chicago to fight crime is moving forward with agents arriving Sept. 2, and Chicagoans are speaking out.