It’s official!

This is getting lost in all the Charlie Kirk news, but President Trump is deploying troops to clean up Memphis, Tennessee.

That includes ICE, National Guard and even Military if needed.

Watch President Trump himself make the announcement here:

TRANSCRIPT:

W– I think w– maybe I’ll be the first to say it right now again. We’re going to Memphis.

Memphis is—That’s the next city. Deeply troubled, and the mayor is happy. He’s a Democrat mayor. The mayor is happy, and the governor of Tennessee. The governor’s happy.

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Deeply troubled. We’re gonna fix that just like we did Washington. I would’ve preferred going to Chicago. I had a man, the head of a big, big railroad. They’re doing a merger and he wanted to come see me and all that stuff. And I asked him ’cause, you know, it’s one of the largest train companies, maybe the largest, so you can figure out who it is, okay? Union Pacific.

And he was in my office and he started off 45 years ago with the railroads. Such a great sir. “Sir, I’m a railroader.” That’s the kinda guy that should run again as opposed to a Wall Street guy—right, right—who destroys the railroad but he’s good financially, right? And he was a very impressive guy.

And I said, “So what do you think? Where should we go next as a city ’cause we’re gonna go one, two, three, and then we’ll do a few at a time, but we’re, we’re gonna straighten out the crime in these cities.” He said, “Sir, Memphis would be good” because he’s on the board of FedEx.

He said, “When I walk one block to my hotel, they won’t allow me to do it. They put me in an armored vehicle with bulletproof glass to take me one block.” He said, “It’s so terrible.” Yeah. I said, “Let me ask you a question.”

So we’re going to Memphis. I’m just announcing that now, and we’ll straighten that out. National Guard?

N—National Guard and anybody else we need. And by the way, we’ll bring in the military too if we need it. But no.

The AP added these details:

Speaking on Fox News, Trump said “the mayor is happy” and “the governor is happy” about the pending deployment. Calling the city “deeply troubled,” he said “we’re going to fix that just like we did Washington,” where he’s sent the National Guard and surged federal law enforcement.

Tennessee’s Republican governor embraced the troop deployment as part of a broader law enforcement surge in Memphis, however Trump’s assertion drew pushback from the Democratic leader of Memphis, which is majority Black.

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“I did not ask for the National Guard and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime,” Mayor Paul Young told a news conference Friday, while acknowledging the city remained high on too many “bad lists.”

Several Memphis leaders said they welcome federal help but don’t think it needs to involve the military. Young committed to trying to help the deployment strengthen the community without distracting from ongoing law enforcement efforts. He said federal officials should aim at the “root source of violent crime” and mentioned rehabilitation and mental health services, jobs and housing needs.

Gov. Bill Lee said he planned to speak with the president on Friday to work out details of the mission. He said he’s still ironing out the best role for the National Guard alongside the FBI, state Highway Patrol, city police and other law enforcement agencies.

“I’m grateful for the President’s unwavering support and commitment to providing every resource necessary to serve Memphians,” Lee said in a statement. “Memphis remains on a path to greatness, and we are not going to let anything hold them back.”

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
 

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