As the Trump administration escalates its deployment of troops in the nation’s capital and vows similar moves elsewhere, leaders of largely Democratic cities across the country are pushing back.

President Donald Trump teased the possibility of implementing a crime crackdown in Chicago that would be similar to the one he started in D.C. last week.

President Donald Trump has threatened a "complete and total" federal takeover of Washington, D.C., amid a dispute over the city's crime figures. Trump has already deployed federal troops, officers and agents to D.C. as part of a crackdown on crime and homelessness.

In the seven days since Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops in DC, violent crime is down 22% comapred to previous seven days