President Donald Trump made clear that any federal law enforcement operation in Chicago will be to tackle crime, rebutting Democrats’ concerns about an earlier threat the president made to unleash the Department of War on the city.

Trump berated a reporter outside the White House on Sunday who asked if he was “ready to go to war” with Chicago, calling her “second rate” before defending any action he takes on crime as “common sense.”

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