Trump: The mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should be in prison

US President Donald Trump said that the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should be in prison.

Trump had told reporters in the Oval Office that The White House The "The Counterinsurgency Act exists for good reason. If I had to activate it, I would"This is after the states of Illinois and Oregon, which are governed by Democrats, took judicial measures to freeze his decision to deploy the National Guard in them.

The American President added "If people are getting killed and the courts are obstructing us or if governors or mayors are obstructing us, I will do it.".

The law stipulates Counterinsurgencybased on procedures dating back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and specifically permits the declaration of a state of emergency while allowing the use of armed forces against American citizens, which is prohibited in principle.

On the other hand, the Democratic Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, said during a press conference that the goal is "Using the counter-insurgency law to send the army into our city"Sure "That there is no rebellion" In Chicago, such a decision is justified.

Trump signed a decree on Saturday to send 300 members of the National Guard to Chicago, the largest city in Illinois, in order to "Protecting federal personnel and notables"
This decision received widespread criticism among the democratic opposition.