Trump isn’t one to hold back. He’s always telling it like it is.
And President Trump threatens jail time for a leading Democrat governor.
This week, President Donald Trump laid into Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for their desperate attempts to undermine federal efforts to bring sanity back to the streets. In a fiery Truth Social post, Trump declared that these two left-wing radicals are so deep in denial about the chaos they’ve unleashed that they ought to face real consequences.
The spark for Trump’s takedown came from Pritzker himself, who couldn’t resist lobbing wild, baseless smears at the president during a chat with the Chicago Tribune.
This billionaire governor, who’s been floating his name as the next big thing for Democrats in 2028, decided to play armchair psychiatrist instead of doing his job. He accused Trump of being out of touch with reality, all while his own city burns under waves of anti-ICE riots that have turned neighborhoods into war zones.
“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” the governor spat, offering zero proof beyond his own overheated imagination. It’s the classic Democrat playbook—when you can’t win on facts, just attack the messenger with personal garbage. Trump, fresh off victories that have the elites shaking, isn’t one to let that slide.
Pritzker kept piling on, painting Trump as some relic trapped in a time warp. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head. He 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,” he ranted, dragging Chicago and Portland into his fever dream.
Trump hit back hard and fast, early Wednesday morning, turning the tables on the duo leading Chicago’s descent into madness. “Chicago Mayor [should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers! Governor Pritzker also!” he said in a post on Truth Social.
The mayor and governor wasted no time in their predictable outrage machine. Pritzker took to X, the platform where free speech still breathes, to play the victim card. “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?” he whined.
Johnson jumped in with his own race-baiting deflection, trying to twist Trump’s justice call into some tired trope. “This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested,” he claimed, before doubling down: “I’m not going anywhere.” It’s the same divisive script these progressives trot out every time accountability knocks—blame racism instead of owning the riots you’ve enabled.
Let’s rewind to why troops are even needed in the first place. For weeks, anti-ICE protests have escalated into outright assaults. Texas National Guard units rolled into Illinois on Tuesday, a welcome sight for anyone who values law over anarchy.
A Pentagon spokesperson laid it out plain: Some 200 troops mobilized to the Windy City for an initial 60-day stint. Guardsmen arrived in Illinois “in support of the Federal Protection Mission to protect federal functions, personnel, and property,” the statement read.
The action’s already paying off. Around a dozen arrests have gone down near an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, nabbing the troublemakers who thought they could intimidate Uncle Sam. It’s a small win, but a vital one, showing that when you back the blue—federal blue included—the bad guys start to scatter.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, a no-nonsense fighter in her own right, ramped up the response over the weekend. She announced Saturday that extra special ops teams would deploy to Illinois after reports of federal agents getting rammed and trapped by a convoy of 10 vehicles.
But true to form, Pritzker and Johnson couldn’t let heroism stand. On Monday, they slapped together a lawsuit aimed straight at the Trump administration, scrambling to halt the National Guard’s deployment across Chicago and nearby spots.
Johnson didn’t stop at legalese; he went full demagogue on Tuesday, labeling the whole effort “illegal, unconstitutional, dangerous and wrong.”
Trump’s not just calling out Pritzker and Johnson—he’s rallying the silent majority against an elite class that’s forgotten who they serve.
As the Guard digs in and the lawsuits drag on, one thing’s crystal clear—Trump’s got the pulse of the people.
Stay tuned to The Federalist Wire.
