MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- If National Guard or federal troops are deployed to Memphis to crack down on crime, how exactly would that work, and is it legal?
It's one of the many questions Memphians are asking Tuesday night.
After deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C, and reports that troops could be deployed to other cities, Memphis has been on standby, wondering will it be next?
"We're going to be announcing another city that we're going to very shortly, we're working it out," said President Donald Trump. "The governor of a certain state would love us to be there, and the mayor of a certain city in that same state would love us to be there."
The president has threatened to send soldiers to other cities across the country to help stop crime.
This week, during a White House Press bri