CHICAGO — Sources tell WGN News that Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago alders will brief city leaders on their plans in the event the National Guard is deployed to Chicago, as President Donald Trump has threatened to do in response to crime in the city.

Sources say the briefing is planned for Thursday, despite Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker's efforts to persuade the president not to send National Guard troops to Chicago.

Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth with establishing "specialized units" in the National Guard that will be "trained and equipped to deal with public order issues."

Last week Friday, during an Oval Office press conference, Trump spoke about his recent attempt to crack down on crime in Washington D.C. by deploying National Guar

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