Donald Trump ignites again – National Guard also in Chicago?

US President Donald Trump once again ignites around a possible use of the military in Chicago against the will of the city and the state. He spread a graphic created with artificial intelligence with reference to Chicago, the presentation and choice of words remind you of the film classic “Apocalypse Now”, which is about a war. Among other things, it can be read there that Chicago can be found out why the Department of Defense was renamed Trump to “War Ministry”.

How often at Trump remained unclear whether the content of the graphic is to be understood as a serious message – or whether he would be interpreted as ironically meant afterwards.

Trump’s contribution was taken seriously in Chicago. “The threats of the president are unworthy of the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our constitution,” commented the mayor of the city, Brandon Johnson on X. and further: “We have to defend our democracy from this authoritarianism by protecting each other and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump.”

Days ago Trump had announced a interview against supposedly sprawling crime in Chicago. “We intervene,” the Republican had announced in the White House. Trump did not say exactly what he plans to do, how far these plans have thrown, whether the National Guard is used or when the action could start.

Johnson also wrote on the X platform that the local police have pulled a total of 24,000 weapons out of circulation since he took office in 2023 – most of them are said to come from republican states. Johnson also accused the Trump government for cuts in federal authorities to prevent weapons. These endangered progress in the field of security.

For weeks now, the mood between the US government and the democratic mayor and the also democratically ruled US state of Illinois, in which Chicago is located.

It would be the third city in which the President intervenes – to Los Angeles and the capital Washington. “Rattenloch” – as he had described the situation in the capital and sent the national guard on her streets weeks ago. In June, people in California took the street against migrants against migrants against raids from the immigration authority – the government wanted to stop this.