Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday criticized President Donald Trump's suggestion that Chicago will be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime by sending in the National Guard​, saying troops on the streets would not help the city fight crime.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) slammed President Trump over possibly sending the national guard to Chicago after his D.C. crime crackdown, calling the president’s plans to target the

Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he's done in Washington, D.C., where he's deployed 2,000 troops on the streets.

Chicago's a mess,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that one out. Probably next. That will be our next one after this. And it won't even be tough.

The rookie mayor started out wanting to reshape the fire department, but he failed just as his two predecessors did.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, at a news conference this week, said that applicants for flood relief do not have ” to disclose” if they are living in the U.S. illegally.

The mayor is tentatively scheduled to deliver a budget address on October 16, with four weeks of departmental hearings to follow.

The mayor's statement came in response to a question about a pension bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker last week.

Some Chicago homeowners and aldermen are asking Mayor Brandon Johnson for more help to deal with recent flooding.