In Chicago, Trump blasts city's police superintendent - and actor Jussie Smollett

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson responds after being criticized by Pres. Trump, saying, 'if he's truly ready to roll up his sleeves to partner with us, so are we, as long as that partnership reflects who we are as Chicagoans.'

Before a friendly audience of police chiefs in Chicago, President Donald Trump on Monday slammed the city’s police superintendent after he boycotted Trump’s speech citing Chicago’s “core values” and his “personal values” – and he also took a shot at actor Jussie Smollett.

“Five-hundred sixty-five people were murdered last year, and it’s a shame, and I want Eddie Johnson to change his values, and to change them fast,” Trump said. Over 25 groups planned to protest the president’s visit to the Windy City today, and several hundred gathered outside the city's Trump International Hotel & Tower, where the president was due to attend a fundraiser Monday.

Trump also criticized"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, who earlier this year said he was attacked by people who supported the president. Police later alleged it was a hoax.

 

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Hey Eddie go find another occupation!

Is it true you were drunk that evening and driving? Just fact checking!!

Too bad you protected Trump.

Trump thinks he is God.

He criticized you.. not the police officers of Chicago. You hack.

CHICAGO LA CIUDAD MÁS VIOLENTA DE TODOS LOS USA 🇺🇸 realidad no lo digo yo

This is called democracy, when a representative of a government institution openly criticizes his president and there is no fear of reprisals. I want to see this in a communist country. it would be impossible.

He only criticized the leadership which doesn’t allow the best cops do their job

The superintendent is a suck up to the mayor Lightfoot! Trump was right as he usually is!

Eddy.... you are to stupid to understand what President Trump was saying. He was saying you do not allow them to do their jobs. You are bought and paid for. I hope that helped.

If ever there was a time to be sleeping on the job....this was It!!

At least they are protecting someone!

You mean Secret Service back up baaahahahaaa

He's not criticizing the policemen morons. He is criticizing the people in charge, the politicians. But as usual, you twist the meaning of what he is saying. People see through right through you. We aren't as stupid as you like to think.

Keep them on their jobs serving the citizens of Chicago instead of the lying racist if he comes back.

Roll up his sleaves? Donny doesn’t solve problems. Zero chance he has spent more time working than watching TV and tweeting.

FakeNews I remember visiting Chicago when I was younger old folks would laugh and say the police need permission to go in certain areas. One individual told me they call him and tell him when things are happening in his neighborhood and this was 20 years ago. Did it get better?

putinsgay realDonaldTrump Don't Mess with Chicago!

Smacked!

GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND TAKE BACK YOUR CITY !!!

Johnson is a whack job

realDonaldTrump Listen and Learn from the best in our nation the chicagopd Thank you for your service Chicago Police Department.

Name calling is horrible

All the Police should have called out sick...🤢...you're on your own!

Nah. Trump is complaining about zero leadership at the police dept.

🤬 posprez

If you hadn't sorbet 24 hours in Chicago you can't criticize shit about CHICAGO! Southside4life Windy obamaLand

Working for this president is a thankless job.

The point still stands....chicago is a mess. I dont blame the cops tho. I blame the liberal leadership

Rank and file police officers just recently gave Eddie Johnson a vote of No Confidence. Is he going to rip into them, too?

I visited Chicago in August 2018. I felt welcomed and spent a wonderful time there. I am looking forward to visit it again soon 🙂

ImpeachTrump and MAGA

But your mayor and governor don’t want the help!

You mean it wasn't the secret service?

Now you’re offended..... fire the bad cops (apples), do something about the guns flowing in from neighboring states and retrain your police officers.... then perhaps he or anyone else would have less to talk about.

When your local paper--the 'Chicago Tribune'--issues a weekly homicide count/data tracker, that is a fairly good indicator that you have a serious problem in your community:

Always cer

Lesson learned. Next time let him protect himself

That’s right. It’s not the best cops that are the problem. It’s the completely corrupt leadership.

But I thought Trump was pro police or maybe it's just the white ones who knows.

I love this police chief and I'm in South Carolina.

Chicago definitely has their share of crime and violence, but for this POS so called president to talk smack is a joke.

Not really a good job going on in Chicago. Just a blame game.

Exactly. Hats off to Chicago police chief!

A Cummings protege...what do you expect?

He attacked Eddie Johnson...not his police officers!

Deadliest World Cities 1 Tijuana Mexico 15 St. Louis US * 23 Baltimore US * 46 Detroit US * 47 Durban S Africa 48 Teresina Brazil 49 Chihuahua Mex 50 New Orleans US * Chicago does not make the top 50, is that a badge of honor ?

Where are the blue lives matters supporters?

A place where everyone is welcome? Everyone except the POTUS.

Bullshit

You tell him. He thinks he’s special.

And will likely not be paid for it.

Trumps comments were on point, period .

Do your job better Eddie. This is about your leadership.

Ok whats really going on what y'all distracting us from

This past weekend. 24 SHOT, 3 FATALLY, IN CHICAGO WEEKEND GUN VIOLENCE

Is that why there are so many shootings and violence in Chicago?!

SethPittman16 But did he pay you?

MurderCapitol

Guy got no clue at all, look at his blank face

3 dead 22 wounded last weekend in Chicago.

Trump is a loser and doesn't deserve to be in Chicago.

Lol, he didn’t need your protection. He has enough coverage with the federal resources. Chicago is a mess and you know it!

Facts don’t care about your feelings

So true! Everybody picking up after him and he just keeps rolling on how bad our country is. Chicago like everyone wont get paid from trump. And if he wants securoty hed better start paying!! Id stand aside and let him take the hit if hes not paying! 👍👍 Just say NO!!

Maybe he can be deported there when this is all said and done

Did Trump criticize Chicago`s police officers because it`s President Obama`s home city? That wouldn`t surprice me because Trump must be the most rancorous man ever.

Why do these news outlets only post hate?

Just insane that the President attacks cities, administrators and thereby the citizens of cities that primarily did not go 'Trump like' in the election. He needs to go....we need to restore dignity in our administration and in our hearts.

This guy wants a spot on Empire.

Appointed political hack getting his feelings hurt. Chicago, another screwed up liberal Democrat establishment run city that can’t handle the truth.

Trump was criticizing you Eddie for lack of leadership not the officers.

This man is an absolute disgrace and is responsible for all of these murders in Chicago due to his incompetence

Eddie, didn’t they just find you slumped over the wheel of your car? I told you to take a break. Don’t let these folks stress you out. Next time we may find you dead! Chicago_Police ChicagoPD

Chicago police should be protecting Chicagoans from Trump. BetterServed

Any city Trump visits should decline providing police protection. He has Secret Service, that we pay for. Unless he pays in cash, up front, no municipal or county police should be put in service for him. We can put up with traffic.

I wonder what the WH would do if wherever trump went, the city PD just all called out sick. It’s disgusting that he criticizes the very ppl who r out in the trenches all day protecting we the ppl

Oh no, they had to do their jobs!

💥

You can do a good job today and still not being doing your job well. The fact remains that Chicago violence is out of control.

Weak.

How many shootings were in Chicago last night alone?

Chiraq

That sobtrump fraud is most likely loving the attention. Most likely stealing from Americans like always. This man’s efforts take attention away from other more important situations. California fires and most importantly the impeachment of the clown bitch trump.

Class act Superintendent Johnson. Class Act. thepredidentisabully ImpeachTrumpNow UnfitAndUnstable UnfitToBePresident

You!!!! He criticized you!! You were a no show!!

How many people were murdered in your city this week? Chicago is the best argument against gun control

I’ve never heard Trump criticize the police out there patrolling the streets. I’ve heard him criticize the remfs at city hall.

Chicago is content to see too many shot and killed every week. Whats the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing and expecting a different result. That’s Chicago!

The President didn't criticize the police, he criticized the Superintendent. What a liar.

Oh sure you did

The President criticized the Superintendent not rank and file officers. President Trump is a strong and vocal supporter of law enforcement and emergency services personnel, unlike former President Obama and the Democratic party

Obama wouldn't move back to Chicago, says a lot.

Dude need to self reflect. His leadership is leading to death and distraction. Stop the sanctuary nonesense.

He criticized the leadership (or lack thereof), not the officers.

Its simple, this cop sucks. realDonaldTrump spoke the truth and hurt worthless eddie's feelings

2300+ shot in your city this year alone. Chicago is a cautionary tale. It is a shining beacon of how NOT to run a city.

Laughable. You guys are a joke.

Haters are gonna hate. The city of Chicago/Chiraq has been a crime ridden pit for the last 100 yrs from the streets to City Hall, and this fool (and the mayor) want to play politics? Another ridiculous Demo'rat. Just shameful.

My time spent in Chicago was every night hearing gun shots and sirens. I guess liberals take those sounds as night time ambiance. They can’t sleep unless people are being murdered, and sirens are going off.

He didn’t criticize the officers.He was talking about his leadership.

I think your murder rate speaks for itself

No matter what you do thump will not appreciate you know why c o l o r?

Didn’t he fall asleep driving?

He wasn’t criticizing your cops. He was criticizing you and your inability to do your job

A defeated man with no answers. T2020.

So SS asked and need yalls help to the point yall left your regular beats? I think that made his point. The SS doesnt ask for that btw their much better at it than yall. Just sayin. Oh and Ive witnessed your 'good' police work. I hate to see your 'bad' work...smh

Trump didn't criticize the police officers! He criticized the LEADERSHIP.......Mayor and Police Superintendent, for the way they run the 'INEPT' Chicago police department!!! Get the story straight!

He criticized this slob.... not the officers

Fawk this guy....

When the constituents call their own city CHIRAQ you know you’re failing to uphold the law

“People like Johnson put criminals and illegal aliens before the citizens of Chicago, and those are his values,” Trump said. “Frankly, those values, to me, are a disgrace.” DJT I dont see our great president talking about anyone but that inept mope talking I your video

Wow, Chicago has a bunch of Parisian leaders doing nothing about the murder rate. All they do is whine about Trump?

He criticized their leadership, (you) not the officers. This guy is a piece of work.

And NOT without the Secret Service!

Actually he was criticizing the administration, states attorney& the mayor. Wrong again

And what's wrong with criticism

💯💯💯💯💯 facts He’s a dumbass 🤬🙄🤦🏽‍♀️

If you believe that the local police department protects the president you are very misinformed

This guy needs to be fired. People hatred for Trump blinds them from their common senses

So the Chief lied, completely mischaracterized what Trump said. Figures, so typical of liberals. Trump never criticized the officers or their abilities.

Potus was criticizing Supeintendent Johnson not the officers of Chicago. Did he say anything untrue?

Chewster2e So next time dotard visits, tell your officers not to protect him

Chicago actually has police Nice to hear

???

Trump has never “rolled up his sleeves”, so please don’t hold your breath on that one.

Total class act. Makes me want to visit Chicago Chicago ChicagoPD

Well said

mobrock Make sure POTUS pays his bill, Chicago!

...the left always ready to defend itself and look the victim

No he criticized you for making this event political

DO YOUR JOB..

He did not criticize the Police, he was criticizing you for not letting them do their job.

So what about all the shootings every weekend Put the National Guard on the ground ..

The Chicago police has done a terrible job. Crime has not gone down. Chicago needs a change in leadership from the governor right down the line. Cops on the beat need people that support crime fighting not look the other way.

The president criticized you for your inept leadership not the police force as you would like to deceive the people of chicago in thinking so. Resign and stop drinking and driving and falling asleep at the wheel.

Did he pay the cost of that protection for his campaigning from his massive election coffers

100 people die a weekend. Our incomparable Commander in Chief is finally doing something about it. After decades of Chicago being Democratically run, President Trump has decided to send the National Guard in to quell this chaos. 🇺🇸

The only police officer he criticized was you.. and you sure weren't out there protecting him. The only one you're protecting is the Democrats that corrupted that city.

Find it strange to blame the city of Chicago for its continuous violence when then real issues are gun violence and lack of federal government effort to implement even the basic policy to stem the violence

When he cites the of people that have been murdered while Eddie Johnson has been PC, he is in fact also criticizing police officers. Eddie is not on patrol. Using your logic, the President is ultimately responsible for the country so in fact, it is his responsibility also.

Stop shaming yourself and your good name. You took a political stand, you should have kept your mouth shut. Your officers appreciate the support from the President, now they have no respect for you.

Not to worry Chicago. That POS irresponsible, impulsive manbaby of a racist president will be gone soon. IMPEACHMENT is right around the corner! We cannot wait and it can’t happen soon enough.

You started acting like a child by not attending and you have reacted like a baby after!! Grow up!!

Good you protected the president, now how about the gun filled city?! You know it’s bad when your city is the punchline for shootings. Chicago is a joke.

He didn't criticize the OFFICERS He called YOU out, corrupt hack Eddie

Boozed up guy overseeing a war zone

Well said!

That means shit

Donnie boy is just pissed off because Chicago is a sanctuary City. I love how people are blaming the police for all the shootings. Put blame where it goes ..the shooters. Get the thugs off the street. Or let them protect Trump next time!

EddieJohnsonForPresident

Sorry you city is a joke !!!

ABC is FAKE NEWS. ❤️🇺🇸❤️

How many killings do you have

Shut up, we are done with you.

Didn’t trump criticize Obama for not making Chicago safer? What has trump done to make Chicago safer? While I’m asking, when is infrastructure week exactly?

Give his evil spirit no quarter. Give his image no favor. Usher off his ghost to the lake of fire and strike his name from the lips of humanity. In the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ I pray. Amen

I didn’t see Trump tweeting about the boos and chats from last night..why?

and he had every right to do so.. that city has some of the highest crime and people are suffering..

Chicago, I love you!!! Whatever Trump says, just doesn't matter anymore!

Finally a friend of law enforcement in the White House.

🤮🤮🤮 ImpeachAndRemoveTrumpNOW

ITMFA!!!

Trump and Barr. Two truly sad human beings

realDonaldTrump needs to be careful, those same officers are helping to protect him. Be nice realDonaldTrump

Trump was right the super needs to resign

Don’t be surprised if it’s 4 more years of this. The individuals who voted for him in 2016 see no reason not to do it again in 2020.

When you’re head of law enforce my in the homicide leading city in the country, don’t boycott stay home and work harder...reap what you sow

The Snowflake in chief stikes again.

haters gonna hate-that's all he knows how to do it

And yet, the Chicago PD aided in his protection. ImpeachTrump

ABC=Fake News....he didn’t show because he embarrassed of the highest crime rates in the country and the strictest GUN Laws...and Trump will call him out as the biggest loser

Smart police superintendent!

Get over yourself

Required media headline words being taught in journalism schools. Slammed. Blasted. Backlash. Racist. Outcry.

Chicago is a city in the United States of America. Our current President has an issue with this city instead of being supportive due a joke made by a very popular President From this city! Obama is his name and Trump will never match up to his character!

Good someone needed to

'BooHoo I'm a big baby...' Who am I?

Note the Superintendent is black....just sayn'.

What a jerk! Only guy with the bad taste to insult someone in their own house. No wonder New York Society shuns him. 😝

POC nuff said.

Good!!

We a dick when you are a guest. That makes sense.

Wouldn't expect anything less from the petulant child in chief.

Do you mean the cowardly police superintendent of murderous, Chicago, who was found asleep in his car and fellow officers let go, without a breathalyzer test? That one?

He’s a never ending obnoxious human cesspool.

Looks just about white.

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You can bet that many of police officers in Chicago won't be voting for Trump. He only bashes cities he'll knows he'll never win

He such a divisive heffier.

Wow!

POTUS is right. Chicago’s police chief is a tin horn politician with a badge.

He doesn’t even get it. He is such a puke

Are you not going to report on the Finders document dump from the FBI?

Was PresidentTrump's ChicagoSpeech? ChicagoTrumpProtest

Eddie.....were you drunk and passed out again? That's why you missed it....UBER next time!

Chcago.

PUT JUSSIE SMOLLETT IN PRISON 2020

He just criticized you.

At least they’re doing part of their job.

So, they were still disrespectful.

He started it

BMatteau Then STOP!

Cities should start requesting a security deposit for him to hold rallies, seeing as he keeps not paying his bills

Chicago is out of control

Bravo Trump we love u

He didn’t criticize police. He criticized the chief who (checks notes) was found passed out in his car...

Why

Don’t get it twisted. He criticized you the leaders and the politicians. NOT THE OFFICERS. You are Fake as Jussie

And, bet me, Trump stiffed them on the bill.

Chicago, your City should have just left the POTUS in the open and let his staff take care of the protection.

realDonaldTrump Just so you know - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is a better man than you will ever be.

Chicago Safe and free?

YOU were found asleep in your car and CHICAGO murder rate is absurd! The knocking of our President shouldn’t save you from losing your job! YOU JUST SAID WHAT DEM CRAZINESS WANTS TO HEAR TO SAVE YOURSELF! Resign! 🇺🇸

The President isn't your problem. The corrupt dimwits you continue to elect to govern your city and pander to its lowest, most base elements are the problem.

TO WRONG ANSWER, WRONG FEEDBACK

And...it cost Chicago taxpayers and our city thousands of dollars that he will never pay. Stay out of this city, you're not welcome here.

Coward

He only criticized you!!!! He praised your police! 🤦🏻‍♀️

GulliAz Well good for you because unless you got cash upfront you did it to the hater

Send him the bill for services rendered!

Don’t sweat the great divider. He bullies, talks nasty, insults and generally ask in a very unpresidential matter. I listen to both conferences today and found yours much more professional and understanding. Thank you for being that way. Boat in 2020

its not the OFFICERS the President criticized - its police leadership and your worthless city leaders. ChicagoCorruption isn't only in the movies.

And yet his city is a disaster with the strictest gun laws anywhere. Demokkkraps love failure and death...

President Trump did not criticize the Chicago Police Officers- He praised them. POTUS criticized Eddie Johnson, who BTW, refused to show up today. Take care of Chicago , Mr. Johnson, and quit protecting ILLEGAL people who do not belong here. StopTheShootings AmericaFirst

He needed a bunch of secret service agents to protect him. Too bad the poor African Americans don’t have that protection. Face it the police are trying to do their job with one hand behind their back.

Chicago is the lost city from hell like New York.

Get your house in order dude. Then you can talk. Maybe put Juicie Smollet in jail first. . .

On top of that you’re a liberal state you can’t change your ways you see one way it’s the Broke way

Unfortunately sir you are wasting your breath responding to someone even as president does not respect all Americans, only the individuals who pledge their undying loyalty and sign the souls over are the only people he cares for....

Who you are as Chicagoans is precisely your problem you spend more than you have you have entitlement is beyond belief and the rest of the state suffers for it Trump speaks the truth and you don’t like it.

I don't know. I used to live in El Paso and the Cheif is real ball breaker. Proof is El Paso (armed) is next to Juarez the most dangerous city in the world. El Paso is one of the safest cities. 🧐

Durrrrrr

when a city has 2,336 people shot and 437 killed in less then a year your city has a serious problem. The city does not support the police and the thugs know this, Many Mexican drug cartels in Chicago since it's a sanctuary city. over 50 different gangs

JoeNBC

lroach39 Trump - 'I know one guy who can fix the crime in Chicago' i bet its the same guy who could fix health care and the middle east.

The US as a whole ...economy etc...is doing great yet every single post ....every single one every damn day is negative towards potus...so your telling me all his thousands of errors are by accident helping this country? What happened to REAL journalists. Report FACT.

Eddie Johnson IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHICAGO'S HIGHEST RATE OF MURDERS IN THE NATION!!! Johnson is not just an incompetent fool, his TDS also proves that he is a complete joke and should resign! How many lives have been lost in Chicago since he became chief? Asking for a friend!

Omg how snarky

This guys a disgrace

How many murders occurred today in Chicago, Eddie?

Yeah Superintendent, but the day to day in Chicago is pretty bad. Can anyone really argue that? Southside is pretty much a combat zone.

Stone cold loser.

I never heard him criticize any officer except for the Superintendent. And he was not there.

He did not criticize rank and file.

The police officers in the crowd loved trump. They whistled and cheered loudly throughout his whole speech.

Trump is an ass. And we all want him removed. Now. Enough is enough.

There are more people shot death in Chicago every year than Kabul, if you know where Kabul is.

Excuse me. He did not criticize the police officers, only you Eddie. But, evidently facts don’t matter to abc fake news or the found asleep at the wheel Eddie Johnson

Don't protect him

You are still a sanctuary city and welcome criminals into your city with open arms.

3 killed and 22 shot last weekend. You have no right to critize the President.

Hope the sickening orange burden is kicked out for good.

Was pulled over drunk never given breath test.

Should have had a police picnic instead. ❤️ Jog on Donny.

VivAChicago

Didn't Trump criticize the gun control policies? Never saw the line in which he criticized the officers.

You tell him Eddie. I’m on your side. No matter how many times I tell Trump that ‘you catch more flies with honey’ he still goes for the jugular. He was born nasty and he’ll still be nasty after the impeachment. Throw away the key!

Not surprised coming from the guy who said he likes Verterans that weren’t caught

Chicago murders are all Trump's fault

Sit down clown. Go to your job !

❤Trump !haters: kiss my tits😂😂

Standing by rope lines isn't protecting the President. SecretService takes care of that job without CPD. Sorry. Nice try credit grabber!

We support you ! Thx you for your service to our City!!!!!

Trump didn't criticize the police officers.

Awww... Someone got his feelings hurt.

Fall back on identity…

Nice to see he is sober for the presser. What a drunken disgrace to law enforcement.

Maybe who you are as Chicagoans is part of the problem.

Trump get his hands dirty?. Never happen. trump is good at criticizing, but doesn't have clue how to help.

What’s with all the stars and badges and bull shit on your uniform isn’t the gun enough to make people afraid of you and your office of power. lol

Johnson is for illegals drugs crime killing and corruption, well he's a Dem what is new.

Corrupt socialists?

He criticized you

Sounds good let's roll up our sleeves

Who cares, he took the easy woke road. Fook him.

What does that exactly mean? You need all the help you can get, politics aside.

Corrupt hacks who are only in it for the pension?

Rachesheen Aaaaaaaand this is another example, besides CA, why sanctuary cities are the way that they are... because of DemoKKKrats

How can he show partnership when he is absent? He has no issues making speeches.

Corruption and Murder are hallmarks of Chicago, is that what you mean?

Who you 'are as Chicagoans'? What would that be? The city known for its violent crime and high murder rate? This guy is a joke, but then again, so is most of Chicago's leadership.

What are Chicago's values exactly?

Mr President....just let them do it on their own. They've been doing such a great job so far.

Starting to backpedal Eddie.

same guy?

Sir, you done made Gen. Bone Spur mad now! He's gonna get you.

Wtf does that even mean?

Didn’t his asshole Eddie Johnson fall asleep in his patrol car! And I think there’s video to back it up or a picture or two!

So, no more secret police interrogations?

“Who we are as chicagoans.” What, corrupt murderers?

IssaRead

Don’t do it! He will screw everything up!

Do your job!!! You appear to be more politically driven than anything else. You are a disgrace to the men and women in blue!

Chicago_Police ~Eddie johnson~ —bah bah bah—wasn’t he ‘allegedly’ drunk or passed out at a traffic/stop sign last week—keep it moving—

No sanctuary for illegals !

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