Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said, “There’s no basis, no authority for Donald Trump to potentially try to drop federal troops into the city of Chicago.”

As President Trump touted a drop in crime that he attributed to his effort to take over policing in Washington, D.C., the district’s mayor was lamenting the effect of Trump’s actions on children.

National Guard troops now carry weapons in DC as Trump signals possible deployments to other Democratic-led cities.