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President Donald Trump has set his sights on a new city to face his federal crackdown on crime .

On Friday (September 12), Trump announced that he plans to deploy the National Guard and other federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee in response to reports of high crime rates in the city, per The Hill .

“We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox & Friends . “The mayor is happy. He’s a Democrat mayor. The mayor is happy. And the governor, Tennessee, the governor is happy.”

Trump said that he would send in “the National Guard and anybody else we need,” adding that he would even consider deploying the military “if we need it.” According to 2024 FBI data, Memphis had the highest crime ra

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