President Trump on Friday reaffirmed his plans to “clean up” cities like Chicago, Baltimore, New York, and San Francisco with federal law enforcement and potential National Guard deployment in the cities, whether local officials want him to or not.
“We have the safest place, Washington, DC, and we’ll be going to other cities to help out,” he said.
“Preferably, we’d like to be asked, but in some cases, that just won’t happen because they’re people that don’t understand the word ask, people that don’t understand they’re in trouble, or they’re stupid.”
Trump made the comments while hosting a dinner with White House officials, members of Congress, and friends in the White House’s newly renovated Rose Garden.