Trump deploys national guard to Memphis as he eyes Chicago next – video | US news

Donald Trump signed an order sending the National Guard to Memphis to fight crime, constituting his last test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities. Speculation had focused on Chicago as the next city of Trump to send the National Guard and other federal authorities. But the administration faced a fierce resistance from the Illinois Democratic Governor, JB Pritzker, and the city’s Democrats. Trump said on Monday: “We are going to do Chicago probably then” while suggesting that a deployment was not imminent. Speaking earlier on Monday, Pritzker told journalists that the sending of troops to an American city was a terrible idea and that Trump would finally decide action in Chicago. “ We never really know what he intends to do, ” added Pritzker