President Donald Trump remains adamant that he can deploy the National Guard to Democrat-run states, despite legal speculation that he cannot, as he prepares to send members to cities such as Chicago , and Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) decries his plan.
“I have the right to do anything I want to do,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “I’m the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is a danger in these cities, I can do it. No problem going in and solving his difficulties.”
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But Trump repeated that he would prefer to have permission