JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump said the US military might be deployed to Chicago and ready to go anywhere in no time to eradicate crime.

"We can go anywhere in less than 24 hours," Trump said when asked if the Pentagon was preparing to deploy troops to Chicago.

Trump said Chicago needed federal help cleaning up the city, but did not announce its decision.

"They need help. We may wait. Maybe or maybe not, we may go straight in and do it, which maybe we should do," Trump told reporters in the Oval Room when he signed an executive order aimed at preventing a criminal suspect from being released on non-cash guarantees.

Trump took control of the police in Washington and allowed National Guard troops to carry weapons while patrolling the city.

President Trump has threatened to expand US military presence to Democratic-controlled cities such as Baltimore and Chicago.


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