A day after he threatened Chicago with deportations and the Department of War, President Donald Trump was pressed about the social media message.

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, used a parody meme referencing the 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" to threaten deportations and the use of the Department of War to combat crime in the city of Chicago.

'"I love the smell of deportations in the morning...Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR,'" the post read.

Trump was asked about the meme on the South Lawn of the White House by NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor Sunday morning. Calling the question “fake news” and telling Alcindor to “be quiet,” the president insisted that his goal is to clean up Chicago.

“We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our cities,

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