(The Hill) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday said he’s “not going to war” with Chicago despite his recent social media post that depicted the city in an apocalypse and hinted at impending war.

Asked whether he was “threatening to go to war with Chicago,” Trump told reporters, “We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our cities."

“We're going to clean them up, so they don't kill 5 people every weekend. That's not war. That's common sense," Trump added.

Trump has suggested in recent weeks that Chicago would be his next target for a large-scale immigration enforcement operation.

He has escalated his threats in recent days, and, on Saturday, posted an artificially generated image of his likeness as a law enforcement officer. The AI-generated image’s background included a depictio

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