President Donald Trump said he plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis in the latest escalation of his administration’s efforts to crack down on what it casts as rampant crime in Democratic-run cities.
“We’re going to Memphis,” Trump said Friday morning in an interview with Fox News, adding that the city was “deeply troubled.”
The president said the deployment would include “National Guard and anyone else we need.” Hours after he spoke, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said the “comprehensive mission”would encompass the National Guard, FBI, state highway patrol, Memphis Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.
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