WASHINGTON —President Trump indicated Monday he was leaning against deploying federal forces to fight crime in Chicago , saying he doesn’t want to “barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians.”

Trump had said Friday that he planned to replicate his DC crime crackdown in the Windy City, followed by New York City — only to be met with local pushback .

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he was “evaluating all of our legal options to protect the people of Chicago from unconstitutional federal overreach.”

“In a certain way, you really want to be asked to go,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Monday morning.

President Trump said Monday he’s rethinking his threat to surge federal agents to Chicago. Al Drago/POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com

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