This morning, from Donald Trump (r):
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’
Chicago is about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR [….]
[….]
Sep 06, 2025, 10:38 AM
Fascist pig.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn’t a strongman, he’s a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
God @thegodpodcast.com
Draft-dodging coward posts A.I. image of himself in Vietnam.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this “war in chicago” messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
All of us. He intends to kill all of us.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social
Just the President of the United States threatening war with an American city.
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
I know one person who needs to hear this, but the robert duvall character in apocalypse now was meant to be seen as an absolute fucking lunatic
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social
The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here.
This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.
Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social
This sounds like Trump is declaring war on Chicago.
Anyone else have 99 problems with this?
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com
Everyone knows he’s crazy and no one takes anything he posts seriously but declaring war on Chicago is next level.






