‘We don’t need them’: Gov. Pritzker ‘glad’ Trump shifting focus from sending National Guard to Chicago

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday said he’s “glad” President Donald Trump is signaling a shift away from sending the National Guard to Chicago — at least for now — but emphasized that a president-led military presence in the city is still a possibility, and more ICE enforcements are likely on the way.

Trump on Tuesday night told reporters that he would focus on sending the guard to another city and said he’s working with a governor “who would love us to be there.” The president has yet to announce which city he was referencing.

“I’m not convinced that we’re not going to see military troops on the ground,” Pritzker said at a Chicago press briefing on Wednesday. “We don’t know. I mean, I wish the president would again recognize that military troops in American cities are something that just doesn’t belong. And he should not be ordering them into American cities.”

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