Trump continued on Saturday his threats to deploy ice agents in Chicago with a publication on his social media platform that evoked the 1979 Vietnam War film “Apocalypse Now.”
Trump shared an image manipulated with the legend “I love the smell of deportations in the morning …,” echoing the quoted line often “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” pronounced in the film for the character of the war, the lieutenant Colonel Kilgore. “Chicago is about to discover why the war department is called,” the post continued.
The publication is accompanied by an image apparently generated by AI of Trump dressed as Kilgore, with the Chicago horizon in the background and the helicopters in the foreground, and the superimposed title “Chipocalypse Now”.
An image created with AI that President Donald Trump shared in his social truth.
Credit: @realdonaldtrump/ts
Trump signed an executive order on Friday that changed the name of the Department of Defense of the War Department, although the change of formal name of the department would require the approval of the Congress.
“The president’s threats are below the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution”, the mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson Posted in x In response to Trump’s publication. “We must defend our democracy of this authoritarianism protecting and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump.”
The round trip between Trump and the Chicago Democrats has increased during the last week, with Trump calling Chicago “the worst and most dangerous city in the world, with much,” on its social media platform and declaring that “it will solve the problem of crime quickly, just like me in DC. Chicago will be safe and soon.”
Violent crime in Chicago fell significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data published by the city. The shootings fell 37% and homicides have decreased by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime decreased by more than 22%, according to crime statistics.
