(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump plans to clean up major U.S. cities that he says are plagued by crime.

Democrats see his plans to use military troops as a political power grab.

Trump has long decried the crime and conditions inside large U.S. cities, including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. He has taken action to address crime with federal troops over the objection of local leaders already in Los Angeles and the nation's capitol.

Chicago and New York could be next.

"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 told reporters on Friday.

Illinois officials denounced the move, but it's unclear if they have a p

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