Donald Trump says he will ''send in the Feds'' if Chicago doesn't end ''carnage''
US President Donald Trump had earlier tweeted about Chicago`s effort to lower its murder rate, saying: "If Mayor can`t do it he must ask for Federal help!"
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday that he would "send in the Feds" to Chicago if it doesn`t "fix the horrible `carnage` of violence in the city.
In his tweet on Tuesday, Trump said: "If Chicago doesn`t fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!"
It was not clear what Trump meant by "the Feds."
During the presidential campaign, Trump periodically referred to Chicago, America`s third most-populous city, as an example of rising inner-city crime, which ticked up nationally in 2016 after a two-decade downward trend.
On January 2, Trump tweeted about Chicago`s effort to lower its murder rate, saying: "If Mayor can`t do it he must ask for Federal help!"
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday questioned Trump`s focus on the size of the crowd at his inauguration ceremony and for missing a chance with his speech to appeal to "our better angels as a country," the Chicago Tribune reported.