President Donald Trump said Friday that he will send the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee one month after he federalized law enforcement in Washington, D.C. and deployed soldiers across the city in an effort to address crime.
“We’re going to Memphis,” Trump said on Fox News, calling the city “deeply troubled.”
Trump said both the state’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the Democratic mayor of Memphis, Paul Young, were “happy” with his plan.
“We’re going to fix” the city’s troubles, Trump said of Memphis, “just like we did Washington.”
Trump said he was inspired to prioritize Memphis by Jim Vena, the CEO of Union Pacific
