Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says

<p>As White House moves to militarize more cities, Hakeem Jeffries says president is ‘playing’ with Americans’ lives</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/trump-troops-dc-new-york-chicago">into Chicago</a> next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/trump-troops-dc-new-york-chicago">more US cities</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/hakeem-jeffries">Hakeem Jeffries</a>, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of “playing games with the lives of Americans” with his unprecedented domestic deployment of the military, which has escalated to include the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/trump-troops-dc-new-york-chicago">arming of troops</a> currently patrolling Washington, DC – after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/los-angeles-ice-protests">sending</a> troops into Los Angeles in June.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/24/trump-national-guard-chicago-hakeem-jeffries">Continue reading...</a>