Chicago Mayor Has ‘2 Words’ for Donald Trump: They Start with ‘F’ and End with ‘U’

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spelled out what she wants to say to President Donald Trump on Friday: “It starts with ‘F’ and ends with ‘U.’ ”
Lightfoot’s thinly veiled message to the president came the morning after Trump threatened to send the U.S. military to Minneapolis to shoot protesters demonstrating this week after George Floyd was killed by a police officer while he was being detained on Monday.

For those looking for the clip of @chicagosmayor Lori Lightfoot telling President @realDonaldTrump "f— you," here ya go. pic.twitter.com/bbGCxXZ09U

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey expressed frustration with Trump’s messaging live during a news conference just before 2 am local time, as a reporter read the mayor the president’s tweet.

“Let me say this: Weakness is refusing to take responsibility for your own actions. Weakness is pointing your finger at somebody else at a time of crisis,” Frey, 38, said. “Donald Trump knows nothing about the strength of Minneapolis. We are strong as hell. This is a difficult time, yes, but you better be damn sure that we’re going to get through this.”

Lightfoot also denounced the president’s message with her own stern response during a news conference on Friday.

“We see the game he’s playing because it’s so transparent and he’s not very good at it,” Lightfoot said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “He wants to show failures on the part of Democratic local leaders to throw red meat to his base. His goal is to polarize, to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges. And we can absolutely not let him prevail.”

Then Lightfoot, 57, added that she would “code what I really want to say to Donald Trump,” before spelling it out for him.