As President Donald Trump appears to waffle on National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker says, 'do not come' [View all]

(Chicago Tribune) President Donald Trump appeared to waver Monday on whether he would attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, saying Gov. JB Pritzker should be asking for the help — a request the second-term Democrat has made clear isn’t forthcoming.

“We may wait. We may or may not. We may just go in and do it, which is probably what we should do,” Trump said. “You know, I hate to barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians and bad politicians like a guy like Pritzker,” Trump said, mocking the Illinois governor’s weight and labeling him “a disaster.”

Later Monday, Pritzker indeed made it clear he wasn’t inviting Trump to send the National Guard.

“Earlier today, in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’” Pritzker said during a press conference overlooking the Chicago River downtown. “Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”

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