Donald Trump aimed at fighting crime. It threatens to send the National Guard – especially to those large cities that are ruled by Democrats. The capital of the USA, Washington, is already patrolling over 2,000 national guard soldiers – despite the fact that crime indicators in this city are falling. A similar move is also considering Chicago, the largest city of Illinois. However, these plans meet with the huge opposition of the local Governor JB Pritzker from the Democratic Party.
– It was the founders of our country before this kind of abuse and that is why they created a federal system based on the division of power and the principle of mutual control – he said. He added that Trump is not about fighting crime, but about intimidating political rivals.
Pritzker emphasized that there is no “rebellion” or any crisis that would require armed military intervention. ” On the contrary – crime in Chicago decreases. From 2021, the murder indicator in this city decreased by approx. 50 percent. It is different in cities ruled by Republicans – Pritzker wrote on platform X that eight out of 10 states with the highest murder indicator are ruled by the Republican party. Illinois does not belong to this group. “And yet Trump sends the army here,” he noted.
Risk of “full -size national crisis”
Donald Trump did not leave these allegations unanswered. He stated that Pritzker is a “man of chaos” who wants to announce him a “dictator”.
– I'm not a dictator. I am a man with common sense. I am a wise man – he said in the White House. Sending the National Guard to Chicago called a legitimate idea. – I have the right to do everything I want. I am the president of the United States. And I think our country is in danger – he added.
Pritzker did not remain in debt. “No, Donald, you can't do what you want. In America we don't have kings or dictators – and I'm not going to kneel before any of them” – he wrote on the website X. He also threatened the US President. “If you hurt my citizens, nothing will stop me – Neither time nor political circumstances – before bringing you to court as part of our constitutional state of law, “he wrote.
On Thursday, Pritzker tightened the tone again. “Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises. We will not look idly at how he sends the national guard to intimidate the inhabitants of Chicago. There is a reaction to each action” – he wrote on the website X. his strong rhetoric politician distinguishes himself from party colleagues, such as the Gavornator of California Gavin Newsom. satirical style.
The American CNN television station emphasized that this dispute is not without risk. In her opinion, “the conflict between the president about monarchical tendencies and the state that rejects the federal compulsoryness”, It can turn into a “full -size national crisis”.
Pritzker is convinced that he is right on his side. On Monday, he said that he may have to wait a bit for justice, but history shows that it will finally come. – This country has already survived darker times than those we are currently experiencing. And finally the pendulum will reverse – perhaps next year – he added.
