Trump is sending US forces into Chicago and other cities after ‘violent’ protests and is giving MILLIONS to cops
DONALD Trump will deploy federal agents to Chicago to crack down on violent crime as part of his expanded "Operation Legend" initiative.
The president claimed on Wednesday that the "bloodshed" in crime-ridden cities like "left him no choice" but to deploy federal agents to help.
"We'll work every single day to restore public safety and protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice."
"This bloodshed must end, this bloodshed will end," Trump added.
The president also said that he'll soon send federal law enforcement to other cities that are "too proud" or "too political" to ask for the help they want.
The president's comments came as:
- At least 14 people
- Democratic Senator Bobby Rush claimed Trump wants to be
- Trump said he could send into violent cities
- An in was cleared out overnight
The president continued to say that the government has the resources to help the city, but they are "waiting for the Mayor respectfully."
"When you're losing many many people a weekend they should call us and say come on it.
"At some point we may have no other choice but to go in."
The program's expansion is not related to the paramilitary-style response of Homeland Security agents to control civil unrest in Oregon, Barr added.
The president has enforced a "law and order" policing approach in response to national protests spurred by the death of in .
He has repeatedly threatened to like Portland, which has seen 55 days of nightly protests and sometimes violent clashes between police and protesters.
"They are like war zones,” Trump said.
“And if the cities are not going to straighten out, or local politicians … they’re all Democrats.”
"It’s not a very tough job to do, if they knew what they were doing," he added