By Mark S. Singel

After his invasion of the District of Columbia, President Trump told reporters that Chicago could be next.

This drew an immediate response from Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker who said: “There is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active-duty military within our own borders.”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson added, “This is not the role of our military. The brave men and women who signed up to serve our country did not sign up to occupy American cities.”

The reality is that the Trump propaganda machine has latched onto an issue that serves their purposes. Suggesting that crime in urban areas is a crisis gives Trump the excuse to declare war on big ci

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