Donald Trump has praised ‘beautiful black women’ walking around Chicago in MAGA hats as he wages a crime crackdown in the Democrat-run city.
‘The people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful black women, walking around with MAGA hats,’ the president told reporters.
Trump was not specific but black women in MAGA hats have been seen at townhall events in the past ripping into the Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The president made the comment as he touted the popularity of him ordering National Guard troops to deploy in the crime-ravaged Democratic city.
He claimed that Chicagoans were saying ‘please let the president in and we don’t care how he does it, they’re not interested in Army, Navy, Marines, they don’t care, they just want the crime to stop.’
The commander-in-chief said that the success of the deployment of troops in Washington DC in August had made the idea appealing to residents in other cities.
Crime plunged by 18 percent in the first month of the deployment in the nation’s capital, with violent offenses down nearly half.
Trump was holding a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi to describe his administration’s broader war on crime.
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen as FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday
Chicago residents wearing MAGA hats. Republican support has increased in recent years amid the failed tenure of Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson
The administration said that it had made 8,700 arrests of violent criminals, seized 2,200 firearms, 421 kilos of fentanyl, 45,000 kilos of cocaine and secured 2,100 indictments.
‘I hope the media takes a look at everyone of these charts because these are the best numbers for fighting crime in US history and it’s only 7 months in,’ Patel said.
The FBI director said from June to September the administration launched ‘Operation Summer Heat’ to smash drugs gangs.
Trump said: ‘Just as we’re forging peace and stability abroad, we’re also restoring peace and safety and stability at home.’
A woman in a MAGA hat blasts Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson during a meeting about taxpayer money going to migrants in April 2024
A Chicago resident is seen wearing a Make Chicago Great Again hat at a town meeting last year