President Trump says he doesn't intend to "go to war" with American cities but is vowing to "clean them up" in his latest comments on an apparent plan to send National Guard troops to U.S. metropolitan areas to help fight crime or assist with deportations of suspected undocumented immigrants. The social media post featured references to the 1979 Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now as well as an image of Trump made up to look like a character from the movie, Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore. In response to the post, Illinois' Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, wrote on X that Trump was "threatening to go to war with an American city.
Author: Joe Hernandez
Published at: 2025-09-07 22:41:43
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