Reference News Network, August 25 report - According to the website of the U.S. "Washington Post" on August 23, the U.S. Department of Defense has been planning to deploy troops to Chicago for weeks, as part of a pattern that may be expanded to other major cities, due to Trump's efforts to combat criminals, the homeless, and illegal immigrants, according to informed officials.

This previously undisclosed plan involves multiple options, including sending at least several thousand National Guard members to Chicago as early as September.

The report said that two officials, who did not want to be named, stated that the plan to deploy thousands of active-duty soldiers to Chicago was also discussed, but this possibility is considered less likely now.

If approved, this action would be similar to Trump's order in June to implement an operation in Los Angeles, where he deployed 4,000 California National Guard members and 700 active-duty Marines, despite protests from state and local leaders.

The Chicago operation will further expand Trump's use of military force domestically, although state and local authorities have called it unnecessary and completely pointless. Government officials have defended such deployments, saying they are taking necessary measures to restore law and order.

Trump boasted on the 22nd about his use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., where he deployed over 2,200 National Guard members. He said it was a long-overdue crackdown on crime. He set Chicago as the next target.

"Chicago is a mess. Your mayor is incapable and extremely incompetent," he said bluntly. "We're probably going to clean up Chicago next."

The report mentioned that informed officials said the military intervention in Chicago had been planned for a long time and could be combined with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's expanded operations to search for illegal immigrants.

As the Pentagon develops future deployment plans, the Trump administration is pressuring state and local leaders to allow the federal government to take more measures to find and deport illegal immigrants.

Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, responded to Trump's comments on the 22nd. Pritzker accused Trump of trying to "create chaos." (Translated by Xu Yanhong)

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