Overview

• In a Truth Social post, the president said Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker should face jail for failing to protect ICE officers during recent operations.
• Pritzker, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, said Trump is suffering from dementia and is out of touch.
• On October 4, Trump directed 300 National Guard personnel to Chicago to protect federal agents following reported confrontations around ICE raids.
• Illinois authorities have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Guard deployment, according to NBC News reporting.
• FBI Director Kesh Patel cited an estimated 110,000 gang members in Chicago to argue for reinforcement, even as FBI figures show violent crime fell in 2024 compared with 2023.