Democrats are opposing President Donald Trump promise to send in the National Guard, saying Trump “is a dictator,” but Trump fired back saying he does not care how they smear him, as long as crime in Democrat-run sanctuary cities stops.

“I’m not a dictator,” Trump said in an open media event before a Cabinet meeting Tuesday in the White House, which aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 streaming platform. “I just know how to stop crime.”

In fact, Trump joked he would even let the Democrats peddle their smears if they would just allow the federal government to solve the crime epidemic.

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