President Donald Trump delivered a fiery response to a reporter on Thursday after being asked whether he was “trying to go to war with Chicago” following the circulation of a controversial meme.

The image, which spread rapidly online, depicted Chicago in flames with a caption that read: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” The meme was a reference to Trump’s recent executive order restoring the Pentagon’s original name, the Department of War, replacing its modern title of Department of Defense.

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