President Donald Trump on Saturday authorised the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and property in Chicago, marking another escalation of federal intervention in American cities.
"This morning the Trump administration gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops or we will do it," Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said in a statement. "To demand that the governor send troops into our territory against our will is absolutely outrageous and unpatriotic."
