Trump is sending US forces into Chicago and other cities after ‘violent’ protests and is giving MILLIONS to cops

PRESIDENT Donald Trump will deploy federal agents to Chicago to crack down on violent crime as part of his expanded “Operation Legend” initiative. Trump claimed on Wednesday that the “bloodshed” in crime-ridden cities like Chicago “left him no choice” but to deploy federal agents to help. “Today I’m announcing a surge of federal law enforcement […]

PRESIDENT Donald Trump will deploy federal agents to Chicago to crack down on violent crime as part of his expanded “Operation Legend” initiative.

Trump claimed on Wednesday that the “bloodshed” in crime-ridden cities like Chicago “left him no choice” but to deploy federal agents to help.

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he’ll send federal agents to Chicago to help quell “violent crime” [/caption]

“Today I’m announcing a surge of federal law enforcement to American communities plagued by violent crime,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“We’ll work every single day to restore public safety and protect our nation’s children and bring violent perpetrators to justice.”

“This bloodshed must end, this bloodshed will end,” Trump added.

The president also said that he’ll soon send federal law enforcement to other cities that are “too proud” or “too political” to ask for the help they want.

The recent movement to defund local police forces has led to a “shocking explosion of shootings, killings murders, and heinous crimes of violence”, Trump said.

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Trump blamed the ‘surge’ in violent crime on the Defund Police movement, which he deemed an ‘anti-police crusade’[/caption]

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Federal agents will be sent to control the ‘bloodshed’ in crime-ridden cities like Chicago, Trump said[/caption]

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Chicago’s murder rate is up 48% over last year, according to US Attorney General William Barr[/caption]

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The expansion of Operation Legend is unrelated to the federal response to the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland (pictured: Kansas City)[/caption]

He railed against the “extreme politicians” who have “relentlessly vilified” cops and who supported the Defund Police movement, which he described as an “anti-police crusade.”

Operation Legend involves sending federal law enforcement agents to help local police combat what the Department of Justice has described as a “surge” of violent crime.

Albequerque, New Mexico and Kansas City, Kansas will also be part of the initial rollout of the program’s expansion, US Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday.

The program’s expansion is not related to the paramilitary-style response of Homeland Security agents to control civil unrest in Oregon, Barr added.

The “Operation Legend” program involves officials from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

The president has enforced a “law and order” policing approach in response to national protests spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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AG Barr said Kansas City, KS and Albuquerque, NM will also be part of the initial rollout of Operation Legend’s expansion[/caption]

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Agents from the ATF, DEA, and FBI will be deployed to the three cities[/caption]

He has repeatedly threatened to “straighten things out” in Democratic-led cities like Portland, which has seen 55 days of nightly protests and sometimes violent clashes between police and Black Lives Matter protesters.

“They are like war zones,” Trump said.

“And if the cities are not going to straighten out, or local politicians … they’re all Democrats.”

“It’s not a very tough job to do, if they knew what they were doing,” he added