President Donald Trump indicated late last week that Chicago could be the next U.S. city targeted for a federal troop deployment, mirroring similar actions already taken in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

On Monday, Trump doubled down on the potential of sending the U.S. military to Chicago, though he stopped short of making any guarantees.

"They need help. We may wait. We may or may not, we may just go in and do it, which is probably what we should do," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the Trump administration has been working on plans for some time to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, possibly as early as September.

The Trump administration has cited high levels of crime and lack of immigration enforcement as re

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