'He's Grossly Incompetent': Trump Lambasts Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Over Crime

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump ripped into Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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00:00Are you making have there been concrete steps that the administration is taking to do that?

00:09I haven't spoken to him. He's grossly incompetent. I haven't spoken to him.

00:13No, when we're ready, we'll go in and we'll straighten out Chicago, just like we did D.C.

00:17Chicago is very dangerous. Great place. I built great stuff there.

00:21I have the most beautiful building in Chicago, I think. But I hate to see what's happened to Chicago.

00:26Chicago is our greatest city, actually. Bob Tisch, a great friend of mine, passed away.

00:31He used to own the Giants and very successful Lowe's. He said Chicago.

00:37I think they had their main office in Chicago. He said Chicago and San Francisco, the two greatest cities in the world.

00:42Now you look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco. They've destroyed it.

00:46I own a big chunk of the Bank of America building in San Francisco. And, you know, it's just different.

00:53We can clean that up, too. We'll clean that one up, too.

00:55You know, if we if everything works out and we've already had calls from other cities, quiet calls, calls from Democrats.

01:03We'd love you to come here because they've lost control of themselves.

01:07I'm not going to say because I don't want them to lose their elections.

01:10But we've had calls from Democrats and calls from people generally.

01:15We'd love you to come here because we'll straighten out the problem.