President Donald Trump announced during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” that he is planning to send military troops to Memphis, Tennessee.

During his appearance on September 12, Trump said his administration would deploy the National Guard “and anybody else we need” to the Tennessee city. Trump did not provide a timeline for the deployment.

“By the way, we’ll bring in the military too if we need it,” he added.

Trump said Memphis is “deeply troubled.”

“We’re going to fix that, just like we did in Washington,” he said.

The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission shows that crime in Memphis, including violent crime, has decreased since last year. Violent crime from January to June is down more than 17 percent this year compared with the same period in 2024.

Earlier this month, Trump flo

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