WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is deciding whether he will deploy National Guard troops to New Orleans in a similar fashion to his administration's efforts in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.

"We're making a determination now — do we go to Chicago or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great Governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that's become quite tough, quite bad," Trump said.

Trump said that his administration would be considering deploying troops to Louisiana, specifically New Orleans, because it "has a crime problem."

"We'll straighten it out in about two weeks," he said. "Easier than D.C."

Trump previously deployed National Guard troops, including members of the Louisiana

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