Trump calls Chicago 'embarrassing to nation' during first visit as president

President calls city haven for criminals at event boycotted by mayor and police superintendent

On a visit to Chicago on Monday, his first time as president, Donald Trump disparaged the city as a haven for criminals that is “embarrassing to us as a nation”.

He lambasted the city’s top police officer, who had already announced he was shunning the event that Trump principally came to town for. Chicago’s mayor also stayed away from the president.

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