President Donald Trump continued to highlight Chicago’s crime record on Monday as he edges closer to a final decision on whether to authorize a federal takeover of the Illinois metropolis.

Similar to his temporary takeover of Washington, D.C., Trump has floated sending military troops into Chicago for weeks to combat crime, while top White House advisers have promised that, at the very least, federal officers will conduct further operations to target illegal immigrants for deportation, with the Department of Homeland Security confirming one such operation just before noon on Monday.

Hours after pledging to make a final determination on whether to federalize the Midwest hub “in the next day or two,” Trump issued a message on Truth Social again denouncing the city’s crime sta

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