The controversial warning caused mobilizations in Chicago and Washington. Opposition of the governor of Illinois.
While the tension for US military strengthening on the Venezuelan coast, Donald Trump supports another objective: the Shipping troops to Chicago with the aim of specifying massive operations of Immigrant deportation. The statement occurs after the recent change of name of the Pentagonwhich went on to be called “War Department ” From Friday.
The US president already made a similar military operation, when he activated some 800 National Guard troops to actively operate in Washingtonin order to advance in his “campaign to banish crimes“However, human rights organizations indicate that their actions resulted in “Harassment, surveillance and detention to working class residents, migrants and homeless people.”
This Saturday, Trump threatened with carrying out the same military deployment in Chicagothird most populous city in the country, in addition to Baltimore and New Orleans. All of them have Democratic Administrations.
Manifestation Donald Trump Chicago
One of the most forceful rejections to the warning of the president came from the governor of Illinois -where Chicago is located -the Democrat JB Pritzker. “The president of the United States threatens to declare war to an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal”he wrote on his social networks and said that “Illinois will not be intimidated by an aspiring dictator.”
During this weekend, demonstrations occurred in Chicago and Washington against the president’s decision to strengthen military rigor. The mobilizations were concentrated in front of the “Trump Tower” with posters such as “The workers over Billonarios”, “Trump Tirano”, “Keep America free” and “go to the Chicago National Guard.”
Donald Trump’s image about deportations
This Saturday, Donald Trump He published a provocative image on his personal Truth account where he boasts of his deportation policy and highlights the recent creation of “War department. “
Trump Deportation Meme
“I love the smell of deportations in the morning”, The US president wrote, using an intervened image that refers to the movie “Apocalypse Now”, whose original line was “I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning.” “Chicago is about to discover why it’s called War Department,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
