Trump says the next goal for the deployment of the National Guard

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would send the National Guard forces to Memphis, Tin, to combat crime, following the seizure of the unprecedented police for his administration in Washington, DC, last month.

Trump sought to make the crime a central issue, although violent crime rates have decreased in many cities. Democrats led by the Democrats motivated the protests, including a demonstration by several thousand in Washington at the end of last week.

“We are going to Memphis,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Fox and friends program. “We will fix that, just as we did Washington.”

Trump said that the mayor of Memphis, a democratic, was “happy” with this step. Mayor Paul Young, Democrat, confirmed the publication at a press conference on Friday.

“I did not ask for the National Guard and I do not think this is the way to renew the crime,” Young said.

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, confirmed that the publication is coming and said he intends to speak with the president on Friday to put the task details. He said that he is still wandering in the best roles for the National Guard alongside the FBI, the state’s highways patrol, the city police and other law enforcement agencies.

Memphis, 611,000 people along the Mississippi River, has one of the highest violent crime rates in USAccording to FBI statistics. About 24 percent of the population lives in poverty, more than twice the national average, according to the American Statistical Office.

The US Department of Justice sent federal agents to help combat violent crime in the city in 2020, during the first period of Trump in his post.

Trump said that he may also send federal individuals to New Orleans, such as Memphis, a city with democratic tendencies in a country controlled by Republicans. He threatened to deploy the National Guard forces in Chicago, but so far he has not done so.

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Chicago techniques after Trump threaten the publication of the National Guard

The protests erupted in Chicago after US President Donald Trump threatened a federal campaign, including sending the National Guard forces and expanding the scope of deportation.

Trump argues that the crime is knocking on American cities such as Washington, and in recent weeks the US Capital Police Department was placed under direct federal control and sent federal law enforcement personnel to patrol the city streets.

The Ministry of Justice data showed that violent crime in 2024 amounted to its lowest level in Washington.