Trump Pressures JB Pritzker to Call Him Over Chicago Crime

Evelyn Hockstein / Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Donald Trump was up bright and early Tuesday morning to go on a social media rant against his longtime enemy, Illinois Gov.

JB Pritzker.

The 80-year-old president, who has a habit of falling asleep in public, posted on Truth Social at 3:45 a.m. about Chicago’s crime rates and urged the Democratic governor to call him to address the problem.

“Chicago violence is unchecked and at record levels.

It has never been worse! This weekend 41 people were shot, 3 DEAD.

These numbers are becoming normalized.

It is out of control,” Trump wrote.

“The city will die if the Federal Government, a fine-tuned crime-fighting machine, is not invited in, by the Mayor [Brandon Johnson] or Governor, to HELP.

I am awaiting the call.

Nobody should be forced to live under these conditions.

Like D.C. and others, they will have almost no crime, FAST! The State and City can’t do what I do.

Governor Pritzker, CALL!!!” Trump has frequently targeted Pritzker over Chicago’s crime rates, with the president repeatedly urging the governor to call him over claims that he can address the problem.

In June, amid a weekend in which 39 people were injured and four people were killed in shootings across the city, Trump asked on Truth Social: “Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help? I could make Chicago a safe city in ONE MONTH.

In ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!” Trump has also cited his previous federal crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., including his deployment of National Guard troops, as proof that he could tackle violent crime.