“I don’t like a dictator. I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with great common sense, and I’m a smart person. And when I see what’s happening to our cities, and then you send in troops. Instead of being praised, they’re saying, ‘You’re trying to take over the Republic.’ These people are sick.”

President Donald Trump said some Americans may "like a dictator” while defending his stance on violence in Chicago.

When I see what’s happening to our cities and then you send in troops, instead of being praised, they’re saying you’re trying to take over the Republic,” Trump said of

On one level, their escalating showdown over the president’s threat to send the National Guard onto the streets of Chicago is a convenient political feud. Trump thrives when he has an enemy to target.

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) hit back at President Donald Trump over the latter’s insults, arguing that both were out of shape. At a Monday press conference, Trump laid into Pritzker again when the topic of a possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago came up.

Trump escalates his war on Democratic-led cities, threatening to expand his deployment of National Guard troops to combat crime. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins The Weeknight to explain why Trump is targeting his city.

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland's governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the ‘troops.

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had a friendly interaction before the cameras at the White House that was far different than Trump’s warnings against the new leader ear

"I'd like to meet him this year," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he welcomed South Korea's new president, Lee Jae Myung, to the White House for the first time. "I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong Un in the appropriate future.

President Donald Trump welcomed Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, to the White House on Monday afternoon for talks expected to center on trade and defense. Hours ahead of the visit, Trump posted on social media that a “Purge or Revolution” was taking place in South Korea and threatened not to do business with Seoul.