BREAKING: Trump announces MASSIVE drop in shootings, theft, crime in Chicago since operation Midway Blitz launch

Trump posted to Truth Social, "I am proud to announce that Chicago, Illinois, despite all of the radical opposition and obstruction we have from the Mayor and the Governor, has seen Car Theft, Shootings, Robberies, Violent Crime, and everything else, drop dramatically. Since the launch of the DHS operation 'Midway Blitz' in Chicago only weeks ago, Shootings are down 35%, Robberies are down 41%, and Carjackings are down almost 50% — And this is with just a small initial Federal Force, not the full “surge” we have done in Chicago and Memphis."

"As we ramp up more assets, these numbers will continue to drop. This has been achieved despite the extraordinary resistance from Chicago and Illinois Radical Democrat 'Leadership,' and the constant Violent Leftwing Terrorism against ICE Officers and Federal Agents that Insurrectionist Democrat Officials refuse to stop or prosecute, including constant physical assault and attempted assassination," Trump added.

The Trump administration has been conducting a crackdown on illegal immigration as well as crime in a number of Democrat-led cities in the past few months, including in Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, and others.

DHS spokesman Tricia McLaughlin had made the claims earlier on Tuesday, posting to X in the morning, "We aren’t leaving Chicago. Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, homicides are down 16%, shootings down 35%, robberies down 41%, carjackings down 48%, transit crime down 20%."

The comments were in response to a report that said that the Trump administration was soon leaving the Democrat-led city.