(NBC NEWS) - President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Wednesday that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker "should be in jail" in an escalation of his conflict with the two Democratic officials.

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!" he said in the post . "Governor Pritzker also!"

The president's post comes a day after Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois , despite the Democrats' fierce opposition. Trump has threatened for weeks to send troops to Chicago as part of a crime-fighting and immigration effort, and Democrats have slammed his push as overreach and a political stunt.

NBC News has reached out to the White House, Johnson and Pritzker for comment.

On Monday, Illinois sued in an attempt to preve

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