President Donald Trump has threatened Chicago he will 'send in the Feds' if the city doesn' 'fix' its rising gun violence.

In an angry tweet on Tuesday night, he described the situation as 'horrible carnage'.

'If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!' he said.

Last year was the deadliest year in Chicago for the almost 20 years with 762 murders, 3,550 shooting incidents, and 4,331 shooting victims.

President Trump threatened to 'send in the Feds' if Chicago doesn't address its growing gun violence in a tweet on Tuesday night

The president (pictured on Tuesday) previously spoke of Chicago's 'inner city' violence

Twenty-four people were shot in the city over Martin Luther King weekend last week.

President Trump's tweet was in response to figures published yesterday which showed 2017 was on course to be just as violent.

During the presidential campaign, Trump periodically referred to Chicago, America's third most-populous city, as an example of rising inner-city crime, which ticked up nationally in 2016 after a two-decade downward trend.

On Jan. 2, Trump tweeted about Chicago's effort to lower its murder rate, saying: 'If Mayor can't do it he must ask for Federal help!'

The city's mayor Rahm Emanuel has not responded to Trump's most recent threat.

Over the weekend he shared his support for a Women's March taking place in Chicago in protest against the new president.

There have been 42 murders in Chicago since the start of the year. Above, a cemetery in Englewood with crosses for each of the victims

Last year Emanuel shared plans for a $36million effort to tackle gun crime.

President Trump also promised a 'big day' for National Security on Wednesday after vowing begin building his wall on the Mexican border.

The president is also expected to temporarily ban immigration from Muslim countries deemed a 'threat to national security' - namely Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia.

He has already signed executive orders relating to the dismantling of Obamacare and has pushed through the Dakota access pipeline that was rejected by President Obama after a highly publicized protest in Standing Rock.