President Donald Trump said Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson "should be in jail" after the state filed a lawsuit in an effort to block his administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops in Chicago on Monday (October 6).

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social account Wednesday (October 8) morning.

National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday (October 7) despite opposition from Democratic officials. Trump had threatened to deploy federalized National Guard troops in Chicago for several weeks, while Prtizker responded to the president's Truth Social post on his own X account.

"I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest o

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