Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) lambasted President Trump on Saturday for joking about immigration enforcement efforts, including plans to target Chicago, calling the president a "wannabe dictator."

"The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city," Pritzker wrote on social platform X in response to a meme shared by Trump. "This is not a joke. This is not normal."

"Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man," he added. "Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator."

Trump earlier Saturday posted an image generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to his Truth Social platform that showed his likeness as a law enforcement official. The background includes an image of Chicago burning, several helicopters and text that reads "Chipocalypse Now" — a nod to the 1979 movie "Apocalypse Now."

In the caption, the president wrote, "I love the smell of deportations in the morning... Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR."

The comment comes just a day after he signed an executive order........

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