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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker assailed President Trump for his threat to send the National Guard into Chicago, calling it an illegal and "un-American" scheme hatched by a "wannabe dictator." Trump cited Chicago, New York, and Baltimore as possible next targets for federal intervention, while claiming his takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police force and deployment of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents to the nation's capital had made the "hellhole" city safe. The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has spent weeks sketching out a plan that would see thousands of Illinois National Guard deployed in Chicago; the use of active-duty troops had also been discussed. Calling the nation's third-most populous city "a killing field," Trump said he could "sol

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