CHICAGO - A surge of holiday weekend violence in Chicago has renewed calls — and threats — for National Guard intervention.

What we know:

It was a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago. By Monday morning, at least eight people had been killed and 48 others wounded by gunfire.

That violence prompted a direct warning to Gov. JB Pritzker from President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Monday.

"He better straighten it out, fast, or we're coming!" the message read.

Trump continued his verbal attacks on Chicago on Tuesday morning, calling the city the "murder capital of the world."

"At least 54 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, 8 people were killed," one of Trump's posts read. "The last two weekends were similar. Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World

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