President Donald Trump apparently has backed down from his promise to send the National Guard into Chicago — for now.

Mayor Brandon Johnson credited the vocal opposition of Chicago and Illinois Democrats against federal intervention for Trump’s announcement Friday that he’ll instead send the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee — though he “would have preferred going to Chicago,” Trump said.

“Because of the unified opposition from community leaders and elected officials in Chicago and throughout the state, the Trump administration backed down from its threats of sending in the National Guard to Chicago,” Johnson said in a statement.

“We continue to call on the federal government to send additional resources to help us continue to drive down violent crime, but we reject any military occu

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