President Trump said Friday the federal government would turn its attention to Chicago next to try and crack down on crime after surging law enforcement and deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

“After we do this, we’ll go to another location, and we’ll make it safe also," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

"We’re going to make our cities very, very safe," Trump added. “Chicago’s a mess. You have an incompetent mayor. Grossly incompetent and we’ll straighten that one out probably next. That will be our next one after this. And it won't even be tough."

Trump said there were "African American ladies, beautiful ladies," urging him to intervene in Chicago, a city that has long struggled with gun violence. He indicated his administration would focus next on Chicago before tu

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