Donald Trump has demanded that JB Pritzker be jailed after the Illinois Governor claimed the president’s ‘dementia’ was behind troops deploying to Chicago. ‘ Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE Officers!’ Trump wrote to his followers, referring Brandon Johnson. ‘Governor Pritzker also!’ Around 200 National Guard troops from Texas arrived in crime-ravaged Chicago on Tuesday, as well as 200 Illinois guardsmen federalized by the Pentagon .

‘This is a man who’s suffering dementia,’ Pritzker told the Chicago Tribune. ‘This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head.’ The Trump administration says that violent Antifa rioters are putting ICE agents at risk as they arrest illegal immigrants. 

The White House has also cited the staggering homicide rate in the Windy City — seven killed and 26 wounded at the weekend. Illinois and Chicago have sued the administration to block them from sending troops.

Pritzker added: ‘[Trump] doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities. ‘And then, unfortunately, he has the power of the military, the power of the federal government to do his bidding, and that’s what he’s doing.’ 

In recent weeks, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has deployed across Chicago to ramp up their mass deportation effort against illegal migrants.

‘Operation Midway Blitz’ was launched by DHS in early September to expand their deportation operation in the windy city. For over a month, ICE officials have faced daily clashes with protesters at their detention facilities. Trump has claimed federal troops are needed to protect ICE agents and DHS officials overseeing his administration’s deportation operation.

Later this week, a federal Judge in Chicago will hold a hearing regarding the lawsuit launched by city and state leader to block Trump’s deployments. The judge refused to sign a temporary restraining order in to block the administration from deploying troops until the legal case concludes in court.

‘We’re not going to go to war between the state of Illinois and the federal government, not taking up arms against the federal government,’ Pritzker told reporters. ‘But we are monitoring everything they’re doing, and using that monitoring to win in court.’

Trump’s Democratic critics have long feared the president would use his power in the White House to prosecute his political enemies. Previously, Trump had demanded the Department of Justice prosecute former FBI Director James and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Days after Trump issued his legal threats against Comey, the DOJ indicted him for allegedly lying to Congress. Comey is expected to be arraigned in court later on Wednesday.