The Brief
  • President Trump slammed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday as "probably the worst in the country."
  • Trump was talking about his calls to ramp up immigration enforcement in large cities like Chicago.
  • Pritzker hit back at the administraton's efforts to arrest undocumented immigrants without violent criminal records.

KANANASKIS, Alberta - President Donald Trump blasted both Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday, calling the former "probably the worst in the country."

Trump made the comments while appearing with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose country is hosting the G7 Summit, a meeting of seven world leaders this week.

‘You got a really bad governor’

What they're saying

A reporter asked Trump about his post on Truth Social on Sunday, in which the president said federal immigration enforcement should be expanded to the country’s largest cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

"I want them to focus on the cities, because the cities are where you really have what's called sanctuary cities, and that's where the people are," Trump said. "I look at New York, I look in Chicago. I mean, you got a really bad governor in Chicago, and a bad mayor. But the governor is probably the worst in the country, Pritzker. But I look at how that city has been overrun by criminals."