President Donald Trump took aim at Illinois' "no cash bail" policy while decrying Chicago crime Monday, vowing to end the controversial law he called a "disaster."

The comments came as Trump announced he was placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard in an attempt to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.”

During his announcement, he decried states and cities where no cash bail policies were put in place.

"Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster," Trump said.

Though he specifically cited Chicago, the elimination of cash bail is actually part of Illinois state law, put in place under the SAFE-T Act in 2023.

"That's what started it in Chicago. I mean, bad poli

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