Border Patrol boats with masked agents carrying rifles sailed on the Chicago River on Thursday near a downtown Trump-branded hotel and tower, prompting criticism from local officials who saw the operation as a glorified photo opportunity, following the president’s repeated threat to send troops to the city.
“It seems like a really cheap photo op for President Trump to flex his ICE muscles with his hotel sign in the background likely,” Alderman Brendan Reilly said at a city council meeting on Thursday. “It’s bizarre, and I really wish the president would focus on more important priorities.”
