CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviews Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about President Donald Trump potentially deploying the National Guard into the city after Trump signed an executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities.

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Chicago's mayor has publicly responded to President Trump's remarks about potentially sending the National Guard to the city, describing the proposal as a 'military occupation' that is unconstitutional, illegal, and costly. The mayor stated that neither Chicago nor other American cities have requested such federal intervention and highlighted recent improvements in public safety, including significant reductions in homicides, shootings, robberies, and carjackings.

The mayor emphasized that residents are seeking investments in affordable housing, workforce development, and mental health services, rather than military presence. The mayor also called for the restoration of federal funding for violence prevention and social programs, arguing that collaboration with local governments is the most effective way to build safe and affordable communities.

Chicago mayor responds to Trump signaling he might send National Guard

The president obviously has a long history of attacking your city. Today he referred to it as a killing field. What's your message to the president now that Chicago has been singled out as the next potential target for this kind of action? Well, first of all, what the president is proposing is a military occupation of the city of Chicago and cities across America. Our city is not calling for that. In fact, I don't know of any cities in America that are calling for federal troops to occupy their cities. This is clearly unconstitutional, it's illegal and it's costly. The fact of the matter is, is that we're doing really good work in the city of Chicago. Community safety is my top priority. And that's why I've worked hard to bring people together to drive violence down in Chicago. Homicides are down nearly 32%. Shootings and shooting victims are down nearly 40%. Robberies are down 35%. Carjackings are down significantly. Is there more work to be done? Of course it is. Is sending military troops into cities a way to actually drive community safety? Absolutely not. I wanna just play something else he said recently about you and your city. Chicago's a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that one out probably next. That'll be our next one after this. And it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red hats, just like this one. But they're wearing red hats. African-American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, please, President Trump, come to Chicago. Please. Do you believe that citizens of Chicago would welcome federal intervention? Not in this regard. Here's what the people of Chicago are calling for. And we've been calling for this repeatedly. We're looking for investments into affordable housing. I'm on pace to build nearly 10,000 affordable homes by the end of my first term. We're looking for investments in workforce. We've hired 31,119 young people for summer jobs. The people of Chicago are calling for investments in our mental health care services. I've reopened mental health clinics and expanded behavioral mental health services across the city. We've revamped our entire detectives division so that we can actually solve violent crimes in the city of Chicago. We've already closed 76% of our cases. It's the highest clearance rate that we've had in over a decade. The way we build safe and affordable communities across this country is by investing in them. If the president was serious about driving violence down in Chicago and in cities across America, he would return the $800 million that he took away from violence prevention back in April. If he was serious about driving violence down in the city of Chicago, he would return Medicaid, SNAP. He would not defund our public education system. This president has demonstrated that he is not willing to cooperate with cities in America to ensure that the federal government actually shows up for working people. That's what we're doing in Chicago. That's what many of our mayors are doing across this country. The president really should be working with us to develop safe communities and affordable communities.

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