Trump compares Chicago to Afghanistan

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00:00Trump compares Chicago to Afghanistan.

00:03President Donald Trump sparked backlash recently after comparing Chicago to Afghanistan while

00:08defending ICE operations and attacking Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.

00:14During a recent press appearance, Trump was asked about ICE's ongoing courthouse arrests

00:18in New York and other states.

00:20He pivoted to Chicago saying, criminals, they're arresting criminals, before declaring that

00:25federal agents might be needed to restore order in Illinois.

00:29We want to save Chicago, he said.

00:32They had 4,000 people murdered over a very short period of time.

00:36You look at Chicago, you look at Mexico City, you look at anywhere in Afghanistan, it's

00:40the same story.

00:42However, city data contradicts his claim.

00:45The Chicago Police Department reported 331 homicides so far in 2025, compared to 460 at

00:52this time last year.

00:54Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker quickly responded to Trump's remarks, calling them an insult

01:00to every law enforcement officer in the state.

01:03He then accused the president of using our service members as political props and pawns

01:08in his illegal effort to militarize our nation's cities.

01:12Trump escalated the feud by calling Pritzker a slob and incompetent, adding that the Democratic

01:17governor was thrown out of his family business like a dog.

01:21The comments came just a day after U.S. District Judge April Perry issued a temporary injunction,

01:27halting Trump's plan to send National Guard troops from Texas and other states into Illinois.

01:33The judge wrote that the president's order likely violates the Tenth Amendment.

01:38Texas Guard members were seen entering an ICE facility near Chicago, hours before the court's

01:43intervention.

01:44ICE has continued its crackdown under Operation Midway Blitz, which has led to more than 1,000

01:50arrests in the Chicago area since September.

01:53Federal officials insist the operation targets undocumented immigrants with criminal records,

01:58while local advocates say the sweeps are overly broad and politically motivated.