CHICAGO (NewsNation) — President Donald Trump on Monday referred to Chicago as a “killing field” even though homicides in the nation’s third-largest city have dropped by more than 30% since last year.

However, for those who call Chicago home, whether Trump's pledge to deploy federal troops here is needed remains up for debate.

Trump has suggested that he will likely deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, similar to the way he has in Washington, D.C., in recent weeks. But both Chicago’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, also a Democrat, have said troops are not needed in the city, where homicides are down by 31%, shooting incidents have been reduced by 36% and crimes like robbery, burglary and car thefts are all down by between 21 and 36%, according to th

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