Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled a shift in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on urban crime.
Bondi says federal troops will head next to a “city who wants us there” instead of intervening in resistant Democrat cities.
Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of taking over Chicago, which has long been plagued by gang violence.
But Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, have furiously pushed back on Trump’s offer of assistance.
The Trump administration is now suggesting it will not waste time fighting with Democrats who refuse to be helped.
“They are a progressive city, and they don’t want the president’s help. That’s on them,” Bondi said of Chicago on Fox News Tuesday night.
“Chicago should be begging Donald Trump for help to keep Chicago safe — yet they aren’t.
“So we’re going to a city who wants us there.”
Bondi did not say which city is next, but Trump has named Democrat-run New Orleans as another city that could use federal help with fighting crime.
Louisiana is a Republican-run state, and Trump has already said the governor, Jeff Landry, is receptive to Trump’s crackdown.
According to Bondi, the feds have arrested over 2,310 people and seized over 225 guns in Washington, D.C. since Trump launched his takeover of the capital in August.
The city’s police data shows that homicides have fallen 43% since the crackdown started, with violent crime dropping 18%.
The president touted his operation in the nation’s capital as a success during a rare stop at a restaurant in downtown D.C., where he teased a major announcement.
“We’re going to be announcing another city that we’re going to very shortly,” he said on Tuesday.
“We’re working it out with the governor of a certain state that would love us to be there and the mayor of a certain city in the same state.”
“We’ll announce it probably tomorrow,” he added.
The takeover of D.C. expired on Wednesday after Congress declined to renew it.
However, National Guard troops are expected to remain in the city for now.
While Bondi is pointing to a more limited federal presence in Chicago, immigration agents have started a new crackdown in the city in honor of a 20-year-old woman who was killed by an illegal alien in a hit-and-run accident.
Since beginning Operation Midway Blitz, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has arrested several criminal foreigners for offenses such as sexually assaulting a child, rape, armed robbery, and domestic battery.
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