President Trump on Tuesday said he will be deploying the National Guard to Baltimore in an effort to fight crime, despite objections from state and city leaders.

During a press conference on Tuesday, the president also said he is ordering federal intervention in Chicago.

Mr. Trump didn't say when the National Guard would be deployed to either city.

"Chicago is a hellhole right now, Baltimore is a hellhole right now," Mr. Trump said. "We have a right to do it because I have an obligation to do it to protect this country, and that includes Baltimore."

The White House recently shared an article by U.S. News and World Report that showed Baltimore ranks as the fourth worst in the nation in crime and murders, behind St. Louis, Oakland, and Memphis.

"We have made tremendous strides in

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