Trump roils Chicago Democrats with Apocalypse Now meme hinting at National Guard deployment

President Donald Trump on Saturday gave possibly his strongest hint yet that he may deploy federal troops to Chicago by posting a parody meme of himself as a commander at war with Chicago – drawing a swift rebuke from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other officials who said the post amounted to a threat.

In the image, Trump, known to provoke his opponents with his savvy use of social media, is styled as Robert Duvall’s character in "Apocalypse Now," a Vietnam War epic about a decorated U.S.