President Donald Trump announced that he'll be sending a federal policing surge to Memphis, Tennessee, following his recent crackdown on Washington, D.C.

“We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is that’s the next — deeply troubled and the mayor is happy. The Democrat mayor, the mayor is happy. And the governor, Tennessee, the governor is happy,” Trump said during an appearance on FOX & Friends Friday (September 12) morning.

The decision to deploy National Guard troops to Memphis came after Trump had publicly acknowledged his interest in doing the same for Chicago.

“Deeply troubled — we’re going to fix that, just like we did Washington. I would have preferred going to Chicago,” Trump said of his decision on Friday.

The president claims he was pitched the idea to send federal policing to

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