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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:13 PM Aug 2025

As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, 'do not come'

President Donald Trump appeared to waver Monday on whether he would attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, saying Gov. JB Pritzker should be asking for the help — a request the second-term Democrat has made clear isn’t forthcoming.

“We may wait. We may or may not. We may just go in and do it, which is probably what we should do,” Trump said. “You know, I hate to barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians and bad politicians like a guy like Pritzker,” Trump said, mocking the Illinois governor’s weight and labeling him “a disaster.”

Later Monday, Pritzker indeed made it clear he wasn’t inviting Trump to send the National Guard.

“Earlier today, in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’” Pritzker said during a press converence overlooking the Chicago River downtown. “Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/president-donald-trump-appears-waffle-002700731.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, 'do not come' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
He's waffling because Pritzker is basically fighting back, mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #1
While also mis-labeling him as corrupt because words matter, whether true or not sadly nt blue_jay Aug 2025 #4
Yeah, notice how he calls anyone who stands up to him mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #5
In his first term, Trump said he could send Feds to Chicago. They only had to ask. Norrrm Aug 2025 #2
Pritzker is MUCH nicer than me. KentuckyWoman Aug 2025 #3

mwmisses4289

(4,734 posts)
1. He's waffling because Pritzker is basically fighting back,
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:43 PM
Aug 2025

as are some other Dem govs, such as is Gov Newsom. Good.

mwmisses4289

(4,734 posts)
5. Yeah, notice how he calls anyone who stands up to him
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 08:31 AM
Aug 2025

what he himself is? Nasty, corrupt, etc. He can't stand it when people stand up to him.

Norrrm

(5,593 posts)
2. In his first term, Trump said he could send Feds to Chicago. They only had to ask.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:42 PM
Aug 2025

They asked. Trump ignored.

KentuckyWoman

(7,417 posts)
3. Pritzker is MUCH nicer than me.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:56 PM
Aug 2025

My response would be "Mr President, instead of coming to Chicago, why don't you go lick a litter box."

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