President Donald Trump went full dictator on Tuesday when asked about Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's rejection of federal troops set to be deployed to Chicago.

"So I would have much more respect for Pritzker if he'd call me up and say, ‘I have a problem. Can you help me fix it?’” Trump said. “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is in danger in these cities, I can do it.”

“But it would be nice if they'd call and say, ‘Would you do it?’" Trump added.

Trump and the GOP’s crime fantasias have little bearing in reality. Like many major cities, Chicago has seen steep declines in violent crime. In fact, numerous cities in Republican-controlled states have higher violent crime rates than Washington, Chica

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