Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument, Sept. 7. U.S. President Donald Trump in August deployed federal troops to Washington and federalized the city’s police force.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, constituting his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

Trump made the announcement with Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee visiting the Oval Office, calling what’s coming a “replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts” in Washington.

That was a reference to last month, when the president deployed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital and federalized the city’s police force in a crackdown he has since a

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