Trump Taunts ‘Incompetent’ JB Pritzker With ‘CRIME SPREES’ Stats: ‘Make Chicago Great Again!’

President Donald Trump ramped up his war of words with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, branding the Democratic leaders incapable of tackling violence in the city and urging them to “call me for HELP.”

The post comes days after Trump floated the idea of National Guard deployments to patrol both Chicago and New York City, an idea both Pritzker and Johnson have loudly rejected.

In a Truth Social post late Tuesday, the president declared:

A really DEADLY weekend in Chicago. 6 DEAD, 27 HURT IN CRIME SPREES ALLOVER THE CITY. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent Governor who should call me for HELP. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago Great Again!

City data for the last week shows nine murders, 128 robberies and nearly 1,000 incidents of theft – including misdemeanor theft and motor theft. However, the data also shows overall violent crime is trending lower than last year.

(Truth Social screenshot)

An hour after his first post, Trump pointed to Washington, D.C., where he recently sent more than 2,000 troops, as evidence the strategy can work.

CRIME NUMBERS ARE WAY DOWN IN DC! AMAZING PROGRESS BEING MADE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

Pritzker has blasted Trump’s move as “exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against,” while Johnson, speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Tuesday, likened the idea to a “military occupation.”

He called on the president to instead release more than $800 million in funding for violence prevention programs that the administration had cut, emphasizing the success of his community-led approach.