President Donald Trump said Friday his administration could target Chicago next in its crackdown on crime, even as city data show shootings, homicides, and robberies have all sharply declined in the past year.

In Time, Trump told reporters,

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

He added that he has not spoken with Mayor Brandon Johnson but insisted his administration would act “when we are ready.”

Pentagon Mobilization Elsewhere

The Pentagon confirmed to Fox News that up to 1,700 National Guard troops are being mobilized across 19 states under Title 32 authority, which keeps them under state control while receiving federal fun

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