Trump Sending National Guard to Memphis in Next Deployment
Source: Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump said he plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis in the latest escalation of his administrations efforts to crack down on what it casts as rampant crime in Democratic-run cities.
Were going to Memphis, Trump said Friday in an interview with Fox News, adding that the city was deeply troubled.
The president said that the deployment had the support of Memphis mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, and would include National Guard and anyone else we need.
Well bring in the military too if we need it, Trump said, adding that were going to straighten out the crime of these cities.
The move follows Trumps earlier decision to place the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, under federal control and order about 2,000 National Guard troops into the nations capital, as well as the deployment of troops into Los Angeles to assist immigration officials.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/trump-sending-national-guard-to-memphis-in-next-deployment

Omnipresent
(7,183 posts)Maybe someone should do something about him?
IronLionZion
(49,868 posts)I saw a group of them patrolling last night at The Wharf, a low crime touristy area.
murielm99
(32,326 posts)them to Chicago. More people need to stand up to him.
travelingthrulife
(3,209 posts)Trump is so hoping someone shoots one of those NG or one of the ICE thugs. The courts are helping him.
Mr.Bee
(1,162 posts)twodogsbarking
(15,624 posts)One-fourth of their people live in poverty.
timms139
(387 posts)the people don't have an agency we can deploy to the capital and whitehouse to clean out the traitors and unqualified appointee's that are destroying the constitution .
Wonder Why
(6,151 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(128,425 posts)All for Krasnov's show
MichMan
(15,871 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(169,519 posts)The president wouldve preferred to send federal forces to Chicago, but after facing resistance, hes settled on one of Tennessees largest cities.
Trump announces plan to deploy forces to Memphis, claims itâs âdeeply troubledâ www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— @jimrissmiller.bsky.social 2025-09-12T21:41:14.784Z
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-announces-plan-deploy-forces-memphis-claims-s-deeply-troubled-rcna230787
President Donald Trump said Friday hell send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Trump, a Republican, said on Fox News Channel the mayor is happy and the governor is happy about the pending deployment. The mayor is a Democrat, and the governor is a Republican.
He said the city is deeply troubled and were going to fix that just like we did Washington.
Trump: "Maybe I'll be the first to say it right now -- we're going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled. The mayor is happy. He's a Democrat. And the gov is happy. We're gonna fix that just like we did DC. I would've preferred going to Chicago ... we'll bring in the military too if we need it."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-12T12:25:50.332Z
By all appearances, this looks like a situation in which the president wanted to send troops into a Democratic-led city in a blue state, faced resistance and quickly pivoted to a Democratic-led city in a red state.
Indeed, Trump effectively said as much during his Fox News appearance, conceding, I wouldve preferred going to Chicago.....
The latest CBS News/YouGov poll found that a 58% majority of Americans are against the deployment of National Guard troops to American cities to address street crime. Evidently, that isnt stopping the president or his administration.