CHICAGO - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will deploy the National Guard to Chicago to curb violent crime but gave no timetable.

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Trump, speaking at a press conference, criticized Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for rejecting federal intervention and pointed to a series of recent shootings in the city over Labor Day weekend.

"I didn't say when but the answer is.. Look, Chicago is very interesting because I watched Pritzker get up and say ‘We don’t need help. We're safe,'" Trump said. "But two weeks ago they had six people murdered and they had 24 people hit by bullets. Last week, as you know, was 7 people, 24 people hit, and seven people died. Over the last two days, that was the crown jewel. They had, I guess, 9 or 10 killed, and 50 hit with bullets."

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