(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has said he is willing to send the National Guard to Chicago to help with crime but that Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker won't admit there are problems in the city.

"He goes, 'We don't need his help,'" Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. "Crime in D.C. was the worst it ever was. We've worked so hard. We've taken over a thousand criminals. ... He should be calling me and saying, 'Can you send over the troops?'"

Pritzker has called Trump's plan to bring in the National Guard unconstitutional.

During a ceremony Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed Trump's comments, saying Chicago is not going to "police its way out of violence" and that other methods are needed outside of just policing.

Trump hit back, saying that Johnson's a

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