President Donald Trump said on Friday that his Administration will turn to Chicago next in its efforts to crack down on crime , nearly two weeks after he took control of Washington, D.C.’s police force.

“After we do this, we’ll go to another location and we’ll make it safe also,” Trump told reporters. “Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we’ll straighten that one out, probably next.”

The President said he hadn’t spoken to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about his plans, but that his Administration would embark on the move “when we are ready.”

“Chicago is very dangerous,” Trump said. “I hate to see what has happened to Chicago.”

Trump has railed against crime in Chicago for years, calling the city “a shooting disaster” as early as 2013 . While he

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