President Donald Trump is intensifying his rhetoric toward Chicago as Democrats in Illinois prepare for a potential National Guard deployment to the city. It would mark the administration’s next effort to fight crime in a major American city over local objections.

“Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far,” Trump wrote Tuesday in a social media post. “[Illinois Gov. JB] Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn’t know it yet. I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC. Chicago will be safe again, and soon.”

Trump has not detailed any plans for Chicago yet, but Democrats there have been on alert since he said last month that the city would be “probably next” after he deployed the National Guard to Washington.

Pritzker, a Democrat and potential 2028

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