{"id":3525,"date":"2025-09-30T00:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:27:50","slug":"obama-criticizes-trumps-use-of-the-national-guard-in-cities-calling-it-a-dangerous-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=3525","title":{"rendered":"Obama Criticizes Trump\u2019s Use of the National Guard in Cities, Calling It a \u201cDangerous Trend\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Obama Warns of Risk to Civil Liberties<\/strong><br>Former President Barack Obama cautioned that policies under Donald Trump\u2019s administration are fostering \u201cdangerous trends\u201d that could endanger the freedoms of Americans. He stressed that the issue should concern people across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Concerns About Troop Deployment<\/strong><br>On X, Obama highlighted an interview between Ezra Klein and journalist Radley Balko, focusing on Trump\u2019s threats to send National Guard forces into New York and Chicago, the latter being Obama\u2019s hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Erosion of Democratic Norms<\/strong><br>Obama said the discussion revealed growing dangers tied to federalizing and militarizing local law enforcement. He warned that using military forces domestically and undermining due process principles put all citizens\u2019 liberties at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>White House Response<\/strong><br>The Trump administration rejected Obama\u2019s remarks. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital that Obama lacked credibility, accusing him of having weaponized government agencies against conservatives and of fueling the \u201cRussia hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s Crime Crackdown Plans<\/strong><br>Trump has floated the idea of a federal crackdown on crime in Chicago, similar to actions in Washington, D.C. On Truth Social, he blamed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for rising violence and claimed Democrats are incapable of solving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rising Violence in Chicago<\/strong><br>Citing a recent weekend with six murders and 20 shootings, Trump said residents were desperate for federal help. He teased further action, urging followers to \u201cstay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Local Leaders Push Back<\/strong><br>Governor Pritzker firmly rejected federal intervention, telling reporters that Trump was \u201cneither wanted nor needed\u201d in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson also joined Democrats in opposing Trump\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama Warns of Risk to Civil LibertiesFormer President Barack Obama cautioned that policies under Donald Trump\u2019s administration are fostering \u201cdangerous trends\u201d that could endanger the freedoms of Americans. He stressed that the issue should concern people across the political spectrum. Concerns About Troop DeploymentOn X, Obama highlighted an interview between Ezra Klein and journalist Radley&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}