President Donald Trump said Friday that Chicago will likely be the next city to face a federal anti-crime intervention once the ongoing operation in Washington, D.C., is concluded. He told reporters in the Oval Office that "Chicago is a mess" and pledged to "straighten that one out probably next," adding that New York City could follow. The White House has already deployed about 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of federal agents to the nation’s capital and temporarily placed the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. Trump credited the move with cutting crime in Washington and said he is prepared to keep the Guard in place indefinitely or bring in regular military forces if necessary. Chicago officials pushed back within hours. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city has received no formal notice and warned that an "uncoordinated, uncalled-for and unsound" deployment could violate federal law and deepen mistrust between residents and law enforcement. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called the idea an illegal "authoritarian power grab" that would be challenged in court, citing the Posse Comitatus Act’s limits on military involvement in domestic policing. Local crime statistics undercut the administration’s rationale: Chicago Police Department data show homicides down more than 30% and shootings nearly 40% from a year earlier, declines city leaders attribute to community-based programs. Trump did not detail a legal mechanism or timeline for expanding the crackdown, but repeated that Chicago—and potentially New York—are on his list once the District of Columbia operation is complete.