In a heated White House press briefing on September 7, 2025, President Donald Trump clashed with NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor over his plan for federal intervention in Chicago’s crime crisis.
Trump dismissed her question about “going to war” with the city as “fake news,” defending the initiative as a “common sense” effort to reduce urban violence, citing statistics like five weekend deaths.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker condemned the rhetoric as dictatorial, while supporters hailed Trump’s directness and critics decried it as bullying, amid divided public reactions on social media.
