The nation has been given a split screen view of Chicago.

On one side, President Donald Trump declares the city a war-torn “hellhole” requiring deployment of National Guard troops to help enforce his administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts as the Department of Homeland Security posts propaganda videos on social media.

On the other, more than a million people, largely tourists from around the world, are gathering across the city and at Grant Park to urge on runners in the Chicago Marathon after tens of thousands had converged in Wrigleyville to cheer on the Cubs.

“This is JB Pritzker reporting from war torn Chicago,” the state’s Democratic governor said Thursday in a mock field report for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” wearing body armor while walking along a quiet sidewalk

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