President Donald Trump said he will deploy troops to New Orleans , the first such deployment to a Red state.

After his deployment of the National Guard led to a significant decrease in the crime rate, the president feels emboldened to recreate his strategy in other cities around the country. While he has floated Chicago and New York City as his next top targets, both in heavily Blue states, he's now expanding his plan to Blue cities in solidly Red states.

Speaking at a renovated Rose Garden on Friday night, Trump began by deriding the crime situation in Chicago.

"But these are high-crime areas. As high as there is in the world, you can go to Afghanistan, you can go to places that you think of are unsafe. You're safer there than you are in Chicago at night. But we're going to make

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