President Donald Trump again vowed to deploy the National Guard to Chicago “against” the opposition of Gov. JB Pritzker, prompting the Democratic governor on Tuesday to label the president’s latest comments a possible sign of “dementia” after a month of on-and-off threats by Trump to mobilize the military to the city.

Trump, speaking Tuesday to reporters on the White House lawn as he prepared to depart for a state visit to the United Kingdom, once again recounted a meeting he held with Jim Vena, the CEO of the Union Pacific railroad, who is seeking federal approval to merge with Norfolk Southern. Vena told the president, “‘Sir, you have to save Chicago,’” Trump said.

“So I’m going to go to Chicago early against Pritzker. Pritzker is nothing. If Pritzker was smart, he’d say, ‘Please

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