Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) suggested the Trump administration is preparing the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago amid the president's threats to federalize law enforcement in the Windy City.

"We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois," Pritzker said during a Tuesday press conference.

President Trump had warned Pritzker in recent weeks about getting crime under control in Chicago before saying on Tuesday he would be sending the National Guard into the city in a matter of time.

“Well, we’re going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in,” Trump said Tuesday. “Look, I have an obligation. This isn’t a political thing. I have an obligation.”

The Illinois governor has made his distaste for the idea well known, warning Chicago residents not to "take the bait" when the National Guard does get deployed.

"I want to be very clear on this point ... that the Trump plan is to use any excuse to deploy armed military personnel to Chicago. If someone flings a sandwich at an ICE agent, Trump will try and go on TV and declare an emergency in Chicago," Pritzker said, appearing to reference an incident in Washington, D.C., during which a man threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent at the beginning of Trump's crime crackdown.

"I'm imploring everyone, if, and when, that happens, do not take the bait," he added.

The White House has hailed the success of Trump's federal crime crackdown in D.C. since he brought in the National Guard last month, including by touting comments from D.C.'s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser.

“The Mayor’s fellow Democrats should take note, working with President Trump means safer communities and less crime — no one in their right mind could seriously oppose that,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.