President Donald Trump promised Tuesday he would deploy National Guard troops to prevent crime in Chicago but wouldn’t say when. Gov. JB Pritzker says sending the National Guard into Chicago to fight crime is unconstitutional. Courtesy of Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

“We’re going in. I didn’t say when we’re going in,” Trump said at a White House event, noting he was prompted by violence over the Labor Day holiday weekend in the city.

“I have an obligation. This isn’t a political thing. There’s no place in the world … you can go to Afghanistan, you can go to places that you would think of — they don’t even come close to this. Chicago is a hellhole.”

President Donald Trump is planning to send National Guard troops to Chicago to fight crime. AP

Gov. JB Pritzker called the National Guard threat

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