President Trump said Friday he plans to deploy the National Guard and other federal resources to Memphis, Tenn., as part of a crackdown on crime.
"We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled," Trump said on "Fox & Friends."
"And the mayor is happy. He’s a Democrat mayor. The mayor is happy. And the governor, Tennessee, the governor is happy," Trump added.
Trump said he would deploy the "National Guard and anybody else we need. And by the way, we’ll bring in the military too, if we need it."
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The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter SubscribeMemphis had the highest crime rate per 100,000 people based on FBI data from 2024.
Trump said he "would have preferred" sending federal law enforcement into Chicago, something he had mused about for weeks. But city and state officials there had aggressively pushed back, raising the prospect of a drawn-out legal battle over a National Guard deployment.
The president last month surged federal law enforcement and deployed the National Guard across Washington, D.C. Crime has been down across the District, though many residents have expressed their displeasure and raised concerns that immigration arrests have been a central part of the crackdown.
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