All right, everybody, I just got back to the studio in Chicago, and I want to fully address the stakes of the situation at hand,

because the president of the United States has been repeatedly threatening military occupation of a city.

He posted a burning photo of Chicago as a war zone and is now claiming that it is overrun with essentially criminals and maniacs.

He's painting a very dark picture of Chicago and naval bases are currently being prepared

for the mobilization of the National Guard in an illegal manner.

Even Trump supporters like Megan Kelly are saying this is a step too far.

And I just want to start here.

It is not very reassuring to see the president of the United States having to reassure the American people that he is not going to invade Chicago.

Quote, Trump says, we're not going to war with Chicago after threatening city on social media, read this PBS

article. And as someone who just drove back into Chicago today to get back to the studio, as someone

who lives, works, and is building a media company in Chicago, I can assure you the city looks

nothing like the apocalyptic burning war zone that Trump

depicted it as in this AI image that he posted. I was just taking care of some personal

family stuff in Indiana. I grew up in northwest Indiana and I drove back into Chicago to hit

the studio again and it looks nothing like this. Chicago is a beautiful, beautiful city,

and Trump's undermining of America's own cities, it's just despicable. I mean, Trump has

flirted with going to Moscow and Russia, maybe go move there. Nobody wants you in the United

States, especially not in Chicago. But he said, quote, I love the smell of deportations in the morning.

Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of War.

Can we just take a step back?

The Department of War is the dumbest thing ever.

A point that's not talked about enough is the fact that when we go to fund the Defense Department,

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