The president said he is looking to continue sending troops to major cities after deployments in D.C. and Los Angeles.

At a press conference in the Oval Office, Trump boasted about the National Guard presence he sent into Washington, D.C., last week, adding: “I think Chicago will be our next, and then we’ll help with New York.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (August 22) said he would expand his crime crackdown to Chicago, using federal powers to intervene in another city governed by Democrats, and threatened to take full control of Washington,