Well, Donald Trump is continuing his assault on American cities. First, he deployed the National Guard to the streets of Los Angeles, which city officials did not want nor ask for. Then came Washington, D.C. Again, unprovoked. Tonight, National Guard troops are carrying sidearms, M-17 pistols to patrol our nation's capital. Chicago, now the third city, all led by Democrats,

bracing for a federal troop presence after Donald Trump escalated his threat to deploy the

military to crack down on crime. Donald Trump's assault on American cities has nothing to do with

violent crime, which is generally down across the country, but down more in some of these cities

than in a whole bunch of other cities.

Donald Trump is exaggerating the amount of crime in these cities in the same way that he exaggerated the role that undocumented immigrants play in committing crimes.

I think we all know this, but undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than either native-born Americans or naturalized

citizens and legal residents in large part because the consequences of committing a felony when

you're an undocumented immigrant could be deportation. They all know that. But if there is crime in our

cities, it should be addressed. If you're the victim of crime, you don't want to hear a bunch of

ivory tower politicians carrying on about how it's not that bad. It's just that this isn't the way to fix

the problem of actual crime. This has everything to do with intimidation and Donald Trump's

desire for martial law. It's the soft underbelly of authoritarianism. This is what Donald Trump said

in the Oval Office this morning.

I made the statement that next should be Chicago, because as you all know, Chicago is a killing

field right now. And they don't acknowledge it. And they say, we don't need them. Freedom, freedom.

He's a dictator. He's a dictator. A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator.

Donald Trump's not only lying about Chicago being a, quote, killing field right now.

Chicago actually has seen about a 33% decrease in homicides in the first half of this year.

But he's really wrong about his claim that a lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator.

According to a recent poll, Donald Trump's disapproval rating has hit a new high. 56% of Americans

disapprove of Trump's job performance. 40% approve. Who are all these people, these Americans,

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