Overview
- After posting an AI image titled 'Chipocalypse Now' that vowed 'deportations' and invoked the 'Department of WAR,' President Trump told reporters Sunday he is 'not going to war' with Chicago and wants to 'clean up' cities.
- Trump signed an executive order rebranding the Pentagon as the Department of War, a move he has linked to planned crime and immigration crackdowns in Democratic-led cities.
- Media reports say federal officials approved using Naval Station Great Lakes outside Chicago as a staging site for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, with activity expected to start soon.
- White House border czar Tom Homan said Chicago should 'absolutely' expect enforcement this week and indicated National Guard support remains on the table, though no Guard deployment orders for Chicago have been issued.
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the threat, directed noncooperation with federal troop operations, and prepared lawsuits as thousands protested in Chicago and Washington, D.C., citing a recent court ruling that found an earlier Los Angeles deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act.